Mammoth Lakes, California Town of Mammoth Lakes Official seal of Town of Mammoth Lakes Town of Mammoth Lakes is positioned in California Town of Mammoth Lakes - Town of Mammoth Lakes Mammoth Lakes is a town in Mono County, California, the county's only incorporated community.
The first citizens to inhabit the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes was the Mono citizens .
The European history of Mammoth Lakes started in 1877, when four prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town, along Old Mammoth Road.
By the end of 1878, 1500 citizens settled in the quarrying camp called Mammoth City.
By the early 1900s, the town of Mammoth was informally established near Mammoth Creek.
The financial and business trends of the initial town was based on logging and tourism. The first postal service at Mammoth Lakes opened in 1923. In 2004, the Mammoth Ski Museum opened in town.
In 2008, after a jury trial, the Mono County Superior Court entered a $43 million judgment against the Town of Mammoth Lakes for breach of a evolution agreement.
The California Court of Appeal, Third District, affirmed the judgment in December 2010, and the California Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal on March 23, 2011. On Monday July 2, 2012, Mammoth Lakes filed for bankruptcy in the face of the judgement. Later the same year, the bankruptcy was dismissed as a result of a settlement between the town and their biggest creditor. "Welcome to Mammoth Lakes, California" According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 25.3 square miles (66 km2), of which 24.9 sq mi (64 km2) are land, and 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) (1.74%) water.
Mammoth Lakes lies on the edge of the Long Valley Caldera.
Visitors can take State Route 203 from the town of Mammoth Lakes to the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, over Minaret Summit, then down to Devils Postpile National Monument, with access to the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
Mammoth Lakes is north of the Owens Valley, a scenic region with extensive hiking opportunities.
The town is surrounded by mountain peaks: on the west, Mammoth Mountain looms over the town, while to the south, the Sherwin Range dominates the view.
The town is situated in the southwestern, mountainous part of Mono County, California.
Due to its high elevation, Mammoth Lakes has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Koppen Dsb), with long, very snowy winters, and warm, dry summers.
Climate data for Mammoth Lakes, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Mammoth Lakes had a populace of 8,234.
The ethnic makeup of Mammoth Lakes was 6,643 (80.7%) White, 29 (0.4%) African American, 49 (0.6%) Native American, 128 (1.6%) Asian, 5 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,151 (14.0%) from other competitions, and 229 (2.8%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 1,719 citizens (20.9%) under the age of 18, 1,050 citizens (12.8%) aged 18 to 24, 2,833 citizens (34.4%) aged 25 to 44, 2,100 citizens (25.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 532 citizens (6.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
3,464 citizens (42.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,612 citizens (56.0%) lived in rental housing units.
In the town the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Mammoth Lakes' economy is primarily tourism-based.
The importance of this trade to the small-town economy is evidenced clearly by the existence of Mammoth Lakes tourism.
In fact, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort is the top ski destination in California.
There are more than 4,599 rental units in Mammoth Lakes and the lodging trade generates around two-thirds of the Town of Mammoth Lakes gross revenue.
As well as the pull from winter extreme sports, Mammoth lakes also benefits greatly from tourism in the summer from citizens who visit to hike and fish.
The Mammoth Lakes real estate market has gone through ups and downs over the past several decades.
A huge real estate surplus formed after this, Mammoth Lakes had a total of over 1200 properties on the market.
The evolution of Mammoth Mountain ski region has had a direct effect on housing in more recent years.
Another peak occurred in 2006 with the sale of Mammoth Mountain ski region to Starwood Capital Group. As of February 2010, the median listing price was $460,000.
Mammoth Lakes is home to Mammoth Brewing Company and Black Doubt Brewing Company.
The Town Offices of Mammoth Lakes The municipal government of Mammoth Lakes is of the council-manager type.
A mayor and a mayor pro tem are chose from town council on an annually rotating basis. Law enforcement is provided by the Mammoth Lakes Police Department and fire protection is provided by the Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District.
Emergency medical service is provided by Mono County operating out of Mammoth Lakes Fire Station #1.
In the California State Legislature, Mammoth Lakes is in the 8th Senate District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill, and in the 5th Assembly District, represented by Republican Frank Bigelow. In the United States House of Representatives, Mammoth Lakes is in California's 8th congressional district, represented by Republican Paul Cook. The Mammoth Unified School District includes the following schools: Mammoth Elementary School, Mammoth Middle School, Mammoth High School, Sierra High School, and Mammoth High School ILC. The Mammoth Lakes Campus of Cerro Coso Community College is also known as the Eastern Sierra College Center.
The Mammoth Lakes Library opened in December 2007. Mammoth Lakes receives scheduled passenger airline service year via the Mammoth Yosemite Airport with nonstop propjet flights directed to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas by Horizon Air. In addition, United Express directed by Sky - West Airlines operates nonstop county-wide jet service to Denver (DEN) and San Francisco (SFO) on a cyclic basis. Trace Gallagher, Fox News anchor and reporter, who interval up in Mammoth Lakes A total of six Mammoth Lakes inhabitants competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; Kelly Clark, Greg Bretz, John Teller, Trevor Jacob and Stacey Cook represented the U.S.
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