Millspaugh, California

Millspaugh
Unincorporated community
Millspaugh
Millspaugh

Location in California

Coordinates: 36°02′46″N 117°27′39″W / 36.04611°N 117.46083°W / 36.04611; -117.46083Coordinates: 36°02′46″N 117°27′39″W / 36.04611°N 117.46083°W / 36.04611; -117.46083
Country United States
State California
County Inyo County
Elevation[1] 6,174 ft (1,882 m)

Millspaugh is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 6174 feet (1882 m).[1] It is built upon the site of an abandoned community of the same name.[2]

A post office operated at Millspaugh from 1902 to 1910.[3] The town is named for its first postmaster, Almon N. Millspaugh.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millspaugh, California
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millspaugh (former settlement)
  3. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1185. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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