Coso County was a failed attempt in California to create a county from the territory of Tulare County and parts of Mono County east of the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

in 1864. It was the predecessor of Inyo County, which was successfully organized in 1866.Willie Arthur Chalfant, ''The story of Inyo'', The Author, 1922, pp.174-176
/ref> The county seat of Coso County was to be Bend City.

References

Coso County Coso County was a failed attempt in California to create a county from the territory of Tulare County and parts of Mono County east of the Sierra Nevada in 1864. It was the predecessor of Inyo County Inyo County () is a county in the eastern c ...

History of Mono County, California History of Tulare County, California History of Inyo County, California {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub