Tecopa, California
| Tecopa | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location in Inyo County and the state of California |
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| Coordinates: 35°50′54″N 116°13′35″W / 35.84833°N 116.22639°WCoordinates: 35°50′54″N 116°13′35″W / 35.84833°N 116.22639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Inyo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.657 sq mi (48.323 km2) |
| • Land | 18.589 sq mi (48.146 km2) |
| • Water | 0.068 sq mi (0.177 km2) 0.37% |
| Elevation | 1,339 ft (408 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 150 |
| • Density | 8.0/sq mi (3.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 92389 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-78050 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0250293 |
Tecopa (formerly Brownsville) is a census-designated place in the Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California, United States. Tecopa is located 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Shoshone, at an elevation of 1,339 feet (408 m). The population was 150 at the 2010 census, up from 99 at the 2000 census.
One of Tecopa's popular features is its natural hot springs. Adjacent to the county-owned campground are gender-segregated, no-clothing-mandatory, indoor hot pools for soaking. Access is included in camping fees. Privately owned resorts and campgrounds have their own gender policies.
Tecopa was named after the Paiute leader Chief Tecopa.
There are no automotive services in Tecopa.
Shoshone is the closest town, 12 miles north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48 km2), of which, 18.6 square miles (48 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.37%) is water.
The Old Spanish Trail and the later wagon road called the Old Mormon Road or Salt Lake Road, passed from Resting Springs, east of the modern site of Tecopa, 7 miles to Willow Spring on the east bank of the canyon of the Amargosa River (then called Saleratus Creek), below Tecopa and above the mouth of China Ranch Wash. In 1859, THE PRAIRIE TRAVELER, a popular handbook for overland travelers at that time described it:
There the trail turned to follow the river south to Salt Springs.
William D. and Robert D. Brown, brothers, founded the town in 1875, and named it Brownsville. When Jonas Osborne bought out the Browns, he renamed the town after Indian Chief Tecopa. Mines developed nearby in the 1860s and Tecopa served as the settlement. The town's original site was 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Resting Springs.Kasson, California was nearby. The present location was developed along the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, which reached the site in 1907.
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