Sonora Junction, California

Sonora Junction
Unincorporated community
Sonora Junction

Location in California

Coordinates: 38°20′55″N 119°27′07″W / 38.34861°N 119.45194°WCoordinates: 38°20′55″N 119°27′07″W / 38.34861°N 119.45194°W
Country United States
State California
County Mono County
Elevation[1] 6,919 ft (2,109 m)

Sonora Junction is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California.[1] It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Fales Hot Springs,[2] at an elevation of 6919 feet (2109 m).[1] According to the Mono County's government website, the population of Sonora Junction and area as of 2000 was 217.[3]

A. Mack built the Junction House, a station, at the place in the 1860s.[2] The road headed to Sonora Pass, State Route 108, branches from U.S. Highway 395 at Sonora Junction.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sonora Junction, California
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1203. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Mono County populations