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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Incline, California

Incline (formerly, Indian Flat) is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located on the south bank of the Merced River and on the Yosemite Valley Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of El Portal, at an elevation of 1519 feet (463 m).

A post office operated at Incline from 1924 to 1953. The community named after the lumber incline near the original town site.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Incline, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 785. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 67.