Welcome to Mock ...

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

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

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

We aren't confident of the location of Mock, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mock, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mock is 3,640 feet [1,109 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Mock is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Mock would have been located in the (760) and (442)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Mock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Mock - they are located in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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

Communities near Mock ...

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

• Keeler
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
  • Keeler is located in Inyo County
  • Former name for Keeler:
  • Cerro Gordo Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keeler <6>
• Boulder Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
  • Boulder Creek is located in Inyo County
• Bartlett
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
  • Bartlett is located in Inyo County
• Cerro Gordo ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
  • Cerro Gordo is located in Inyo County
  • Cerro Gordo has also been known as:
  • Fat Hill
• Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Station
  • Lone Pine Station is located in Inyo County
  • Lone Pine Station has also been known as:
  • Mount Whitney
  • Whitney
• Mount Whitney Station ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Whitney Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Whitney Station
  • Mount Whitney Station is located in Inyo County
• Alabama Hills
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Hills
  • Alabama Hills is located in Inyo County
• Lone Pine
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Lone Pine is located in Inyo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Pine <6>
• Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
  • Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
• Beveridge ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beveridge
  • Beveridge is located in Inyo County

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 Mock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mock.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mock. 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 Mock.

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

Adding Mock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mock 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 Mock was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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