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Welcome to West Bishop ...

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

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

West Bishop was located just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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

A typical abbreviation for West Bishop: W. Bishop

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Bishop is 4,400 feet [1,341 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of West Bishop is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where West Bishop was located: 760 & 442<4>

Communities near West Bishop ...

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

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

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

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

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 West Bishop, 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 West Bishop - 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 West Bishop area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the West Bishop area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).