Gypsite, California

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Gypsite
Unincorporated community
Gypsite is located in California
Gypsite
Gypsite
Location in California
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Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation[1] 1,959 ft (597 m)

Gypsite is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1]

It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Saltdale, in the Fremont Valley of the Mojave Desert [2] at an elevation of 1959 feet (597 m).[1] It is located near Koehn Lake south-southwest of Ridgecrest near Garlock, California.

A post office operated at Gypsite from 1911 to 1912.[2] The name recalls a nearby gypsum mine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gypsite, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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