Welcome to Panamint City ...

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

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

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

Panamint City was established in 1872.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Panamint City is 6,300 feet [1,920 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Panamint City is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

If Panamint City still existed, it would have been in the (760) and (442)<4> area codes.

Communities near Panamint City ...

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

• Ballarat ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballarat
  • Ballarat is located in Inyo County
• Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
  • Death Valley Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
• Indian Ranch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ranch
  • Indian Ranch is located in Inyo County
• Eagle Borax Works ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Borax Works
  • Eagle Borax Works is located in Inyo County
• Harrisburg ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
• Reilly ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly
  • Reilly is located in Inyo County
• Lookout City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout City
  • Lookout City is located in Inyo County
• Millspaugh ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millspaugh have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millspaugh
  • Millspaugh is located in Inyo County
• Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
  • Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells is located in Inyo County
  • Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells has also been known as:
  • Homewood Canyon
• Skidoo ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidoo
  • Skidoo is located in Inyo County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Panamint City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Panamint City.

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

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

Adding Panamint City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Panamint City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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