City of Bishop
Bishop is the only incorporated city in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, in the Mojave Desert of Eastern California, at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). The city was named after Bishop Creek, flowing out of the Sierra Nevada range; the creek was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, a settler in the Owens Valley. Bishop is a commercial and residential center, while many vacation destinations and tourist attractions in the Sierra Nevada are located nearby. The city covers approximately 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), making it the county's largest community by population and land area.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 123105
- FIPS state
- 06
- FIPS county
- 027
- FIPS place
- 06798
- Census record name
- CITY OF BISHOP
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 1236, BISHOP 93515