POPULATION: 18,461

INCORPORATION DATE: 1866

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Linda Arcularius
• District 2 – Jeff Griffiths
• District 3 – Rick Pucci
• District 4 – Mark Tillemans
• District 5 – Richard Cervantes

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.”