Valley Wells, California

Valley Wells
census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°49′42″N 117°19′54″W / 35.82833°N 117.33167°W / 35.82833; -117.33167Coordinates: 35°49′42″N 117°19′54″W / 35.82833°N 117.33167°W / 35.82833; -117.33167
Country	United States
State	California
County	Inyo County
Area^[1]
• Total	10.737 sq mi (27.809 km²)
• Land	10.669 sq mi (27.632 km²)
• Water	0.068 sq mi (0.177 km²) 0.64%
Elevation^[2]	1,749 ft (533 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/sq mi (0.0/km²)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
GNIS feature IDs	1661620; 2408400
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Wells, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Wells, California
California Historical Landmark
Reference no.	443

Valley Wells is a census-designated place^[3] in Inyo County, California.^[2] It lies at an elevation of 1,749 ft (533 m).^[2] Prior to 2010, for census purposes it was part of Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells CDP. The 2010 census reported that population was zero.^[4] The town is now registered as California Historical Landmark #443; in 1849, several groups of midwestern emigrants settled here to secure water from nearby Searles Lake.^[5]

References

↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Wells, California
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Wells, California
↑ "2010 Census P.L. 94-171 Summary File Data". United States Census Bureau.
↑ "Valley Wells". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California, United States

County seat: Independence

City	Bishop

CDPs	Big Pine Cartago Darwin Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek Furnace Creek Homewood Canyon Independence Keeler Lone Pine Mesa Olancha Pearsonville Round Valley Shoshone Tecopa Trona Valley Wells West Bishop Wilkerson

Unincorporated communities	Aberdeen Alabama Hills Alico Alta Vista Ashford Junction Aspendell Badwater Ballarat Bartlett Beatty Junction Beveridge Blackrock Brockmans Corner Calvada Springs Coso Coso Junction Crater Death Valley Junction Deep Springs Dolomite Dunmovin Evelyn Fish Springs Grant Haiwee Harrisburg Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells Indian Village Junction Ranch Kearsarge Keough Hot Springs Laws Linnie Little Lake Millspaugh Mock Monola Oteys Sierra Village Owenyo Panamint Springs Park Village Peterson Mill Poleta Reward Rocking K Rovana Ryan Scranton Seven Pines Stovepipe Wells Sykes Talus Teakettle Junction Whitney Portal Zurich

Indian reservations	Big Pine Reservation Lone Pine Reservation

Ghost towns	Ashford Mill Avena Bend City Bradford Siding Burnt Wagons Carthage Cerro Gordo Landing Cerro Gordo Chloride City Chrysopolis Clark Copperfield Coso Dunmovin Echo Elna Furnace Furnace Creek Inn Greenwater Gerstley Horton Intake Jay Kasson Kearsarge Lane Mill Leadfield Lee Lila C Lone Pine Station Lookout City Manzanar Narka Newburyport 9 Mile Station Noonday Camp Owensville Panamint City Reilly Roachville San Carlos Scheelite Schwaub Skidoo Skyes Sodan Stewarts Sunland Swansea Tule Station White Mountain City

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