POPULATION: 18,584

INCORPORATION DATE: 1866

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Trina Orrill
• District 2 – Jeff Griffiths
• District 3 – Scott Marcellin
• District 4 – Jennifer Roeser
• District 5 – Matt Kingsley

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

INYO. County seat, Independence. Created March 22, 1866. This county derived its name from the Indian name for the mountains in its area. The meaning of the word inyo is “dwelling place of the great spirit.”