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Scranton
Scranton is located in California
Scranton
Scranton
Location in California
Scranton is located in the United States
Scranton
Scranton
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County Inyo County
Elevation
2,234 ft (681 m)

Scranton is an unincorporated community in the Amargosa Valley and Amargosa Desert, in Inyo County, eastern California.

The settlement was named after Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Geography

Scranton was located on the former Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad line, at an elevation of 2234 feet (681 m). It is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Ryan, a former mining town in the Amargosa Mountains,.

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