What is Bishop, California?
'''Bishop''' is a city in [[Inyo County, California]] in the [[United States]]. Bishop is the only city in Inyo County. Bishop is in the [[Owens Valley]]. It was named after [[Bishop Creek]], which comes from the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] mountains nearby. Bishop Creek was named after [[Samuel Addison Bishop]], who moved to the Owens Valley. Bishop had 3,819 people in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bishop city, California|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Bishop_city,_California?g=160XX00US0606798|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref> It is at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 meters) above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:277475|title=Bishop|website=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2018-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025440/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:277475|url-status=deviated}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Inyo County, California}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities in California]] [[Category:Settlements in Inyo County, California]]