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Welcome to Little Lake ...

So far, we found very little information about Little Lake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Little Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little Lake, please Contact Us.

Little Lake was located just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Little Lake would have been located within present day Inyo County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

A typical abbreviation for Little Lake: Little Lk.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Little Lake is 3,120 feet [951 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Little Lake is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Little Lake was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Little Lake was located: 760 & 442<4>

The community of Little Lake was previously named Little Owens Lake.

Communities Also Named Little Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Little Lake: This one is located in Inyo County and the other is located in Riverside County.

Beyond California, there are 6 communities that are also named Little Lake - they are located in Michigan, New Brunswick, Ontario (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Lake.

Communities near Little Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Lake.

  • Coso Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Linnie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linnie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnie
    • Linnie is located in Inyo County
  • Sykes ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pearsonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dunmovin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Talus ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Haiwee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haiwee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haiwee
    • Haiwee is located in Inyo County
    • Haiwee has also been known as:
    • Enchanted Lake Village
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Haiwee
    • From Little Lake to Haiwee
  • Inyokern
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • China Lake Acres
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Lake Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
    • China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
  • Grant
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Little Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Little Lake.

Adding Little Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Little Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Little Lake post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Lake.

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Little Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Inyo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Little Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Little Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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