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Mono County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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5historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

13,195pop. 2020

14cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Bridgeport, Bishop, Bodie Hills.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for California is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Mono titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bodie Historic District NHL	Bridgeport	District	1966
Chalfant Petroglyph Site	Bishop	Site	2000
Dry Lakes Plateau	Bodie Hills	District	2002
Mono County Courthouse	Bridgeport	Building	1974
Yellow Jacket Petroglyphs	Bishop	Site	2000

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mono was formed in 1861 (1861-04-24) from Calaveras, Frezno, remnant of MARIPOSA.

MONO created from CALAVERAS, FREZNO (now FRESNO), and remnant of MARIPOSA. Due to uncertainty about the precise location of the boundary between California and Nevada Territory, the county seat of MONO, Aurora, was actually located in Nevada.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mono County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
430	7,499	2,167	960	2,299	2,115	2,213	8,577	12,853	13,195

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Devils Postpile National Monument	Park unit	36.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

14 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antelope Valley Cemetery	38.57849	-119.50972
Benton Hot Springs Cemetery	37.8028	-118.53047
Bridgeport Cemetery	38.26188	-119.21617
Copper Mountain Cemetery	38.05442	-119.17472
Dogtown Grave	38.16965	-119.19577
Gibbs Cemetery	37.62077	-118.98524
Lundy Cemetery	38.03398	-119.21396
Masonic Cemetery	38.20992	-119.01764
Miners Union Cemetery	38.20936	-119.01792
Mono Cemetery	38.02121	-119.13711
Mono County Poor Farm Cemetery	38.19644	-119.21973
Mount Morrison Cemetery	37.61468	-118.81935
Rush Creek Indian Cemetery	37.92665	-119.07339
Wards Cemetery	38.21075	-119.01764

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Bennettville	37.93743	-119.26043
Dog Town	38.1702	-119.19737
Mill City	37.62271	-118.99236
Mono Village	38.14964	-119.37711

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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