Dunmovin (formerly, Cowan Station) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Inyo County Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County ...

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. It is located 4.8 km (3 mi) north of

Coso Junction Coso Junction (Timbisha: ''Coso'', meaning "Fire Stone") is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It is located in Rose Valley, 4.8 km (3 mi) south of Dunmovin and 11.2 km (7 mi) west of Sugarloaf Mountain ...

and 21.6 km (13.5 mi) south-southeast of Olancha, at an elevation of 3507 feet (1069 m). The Current population of Dunmovin as of the 2020 Census is of six, within Census Tract 8, block 2274 and Block 2332. Dunmovin is zoned for Rural Residential High density Retail Commercial on the eastern end of Dunmoving, and Natural Resources, which allows mining, on the Western endhttps://www.inyocounty.us/sites/default/files/2020-02/Landuse%20Diagrams.pdf A post office operated at Dunmovin from 1938 to 1941. The place was originally called Cowan Station in honor of homesteader James Cowan. Cowan Station was a freight station for silver ingots being transported from the

Cerro Gordo Mines The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in the Inyo Mountains, in Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver, lead, zinc ore, and more rarely gold ore an ...

to Los Angeles. When Cowan sold out in 1936, the name was changed to Dunmovin. It was a roadside service station, cafe, and store along

U.S. Route 395 U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Laurier, where the road ...

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Populated places in the Mojave Desert Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub