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Welcome to Panamint Springs ...

Panamint Springs is located in Inyo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Panamint Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1940.

A typical abbreviation for Panamint Springs: Panamint Spgs. (or less commonly used: Panamint Spngs. or Panamint Sprngs.)

Panamint Springs is 1,920 feet [585 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Panamint Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Panamint Springs: 760 & 442<3>

Communities near Panamint Springs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Panamint Springs ...

Looking for more information about Panamint Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Panamint Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Panamint Springs.

Adding Panamint Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Panamint Springs 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 Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Panamint Springs post office opened in 1940.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Panamint Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Panamint Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Panamint Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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