Incline (formerly, Indian Flat) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Mariposa County,

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. It is located on the south bank of the

Merced River The Merced River (), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and st ...

and on the Yosemite Valley Railroad 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.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub