Scranton, California

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Scranton (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°27′07″N116°30′13″W / 36.45194°N 116.50361°W / 36.45194; -116.50361 Coordinates: 36°27′07″N116°30′13″W / 36.45194°N 116.50361°W / 36.45194; -116.50361
Country United States
State California
County Inyo County
Elevation
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2,234 ft (681 m)

Scranton is an unincorporated community in the Amargosa Valley and Amargosa Desert, in Inyo County, eastern California. [1]

The settlement was named after Scranton, Pennsylvania, [2] which is where a group of investors were from who financed a water company that was to supply water to Greenwater, California and other mining camps. [3]

Geography

Scranton was located on the former Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad line. It is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Ryan, a former mining town in the Amargosa Range,. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scranton, California
  2. 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. 1200. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.
  3. "Scranton and Jenifer". Oakland Tribune. June 3, 1951. p. 47.