Ingomar 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 ...

Merced County Merced County ( ), is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad northwest of Los Banos, at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m). A post office operated at Ingomar from 1890 to 1921. The name was probably from the 1842 German play '' Ingomar, the Barbarian'' by

Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (german: Eligius Franz Joseph Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen) (2 April 180622 May 1871) was an Austrian dramatist, poet and novella writer of the Austrian Biedermeier period and beyond, and i ...

, a popular work in the dramatic canon in the late 19th century.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Merced County, California {{MercedCountyCA-geo-stub