Hammil Valley, California

Hammil Valley Hammil [1]
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°40′43″N 118°24′13″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mono County
Elevation [1]	4,593 ft (1,400 m)
Population
• Estimate  (2000)[2]	102
GNIS feature ID	261054[1]

Hammil Valley is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California.^[1] It is located 9 miles (14 km) west-northwest of White Mountain Peak.^[3]

The Hammil brothers (William, Hugh, and Robert) homesteaded at the site in 1870.^[3] The Carson and Colorado Railroad built a train station in 1883 and named it after the brothers.^[3] The area's postal service was handled by the Mocalno, which operated from 1915 to 1937.^[3] Mocalno was named by adding "cal" for California in the Mono (the county's name).^[3]

Today, most of the residents of Hammil Valley go to school or work in Bishop.^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammil Valley, California
2. "Mono County Demographic Information". Mono County. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009.
3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1169. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
4. "Chalfant / Hammill". Mono County Economic Development.