Incline (formerly, Indian Flat) is an

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. It is located on the south bank of the

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and on the

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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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