Ingomar, California

Ingomar
Unincorporated community
Ingomar Location in California
Coordinates: 37°10′49″N 120°58′06″W / 37.18028°N 120.96833°W / 37.18028; -120.96833Coordinates: 37°10′49″N 120°58′06″W / 37.18028°N 120.96833°W / 37.18028; -120.96833
Country	United States
State	California
County	Merced County
Elevation^[1]	92 ft (28 m)

Ingomar is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.^[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 10.5 miles (17 km) northwest of Los Banos,^[2] at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m).^[1]

A post office operated at Ingomar from 1890 to 1921.^[2] The name was probably from the 1842 German play Ingomar, the Barbarian by Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, a popular work in the dramatic canon in the late 19th century.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ingomar, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 786. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Merced County, California, United States

County seat: Merced

Cities	Atwater Dos Palos Gustine Livingston Los Banos Merced

CDPs	Ballico Bear Creek Cressey Delhi Dos Palos Y El Nido Franklin Hilmar-Irwin Le Grand McSwain Planada Santa Nella Snelling South Dos Palos Stevinson Tuttle University of California Merced Volta Winton

Unincorporated communities	Amsterdam Arena Athlone Brito Buhach Calpack Castle Gardens Cortez Fergus Fluhr Hamburg Farms Hilmar Hopeton Ingomar Irwin Kadota Lingard Merced Falls Plainsburg Santa Rita Park The Grove Trent

Ghost towns	Abbato Agatha Aladdin Alcant Alexandria Arundel Bellevue Brickville Burchell Central Point Charleston Chester Colony Center Cuba Dickenson Edendale Elgin Ferrin Gadwall Gracey Gwin Hoff La Branza Linora Lone Willow Station Marguerite Nairn Newton's Crossing Ortigalito Plainsburg St. Louis Ranch Sturgeon Tenger Union Yam

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