Yosemite Valley | |
|---|---|
 The Ahwahnee Hotel | |
 Location in Mariposa County and the state of California | |
  Yosemite Valley Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°44′36″N 119°34′33″W / 37.74333°N 119.57583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Mariposa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.119 sq mi (5.49 km2) |
| • Land | 2.058 sq mi (5.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.061 sq mi (0.16 km2) 2.88% |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 337 |
| • Density | 163.8/sq mi (63.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 95389 |
| Area code | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-86912 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409638[3] |
Yosemite Valley (Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mariposa County, California, United States. It consists of the developed area of Yosemite Village and the other areas of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. The population was 337 at the 2020 census.[2]
Situated along the north side of the valley floor, its permanent population includes staff of the National Park Service, which administers the park, and some concession workers associated with various contracts in the park.
The village has some public facilities, such as a fire station, a post office (ZIP Code 95389), a medical clinic, a convenience store, restaurants, gift shops, and a school (kindergarten through eighth grade). The park's headquarters facilities and its main visitor center are also located here.
The Yosemite Lodge is located at the west end of the village near Yosemite Falls. The Ahwahnee Hotel is a few blocks to the north. Both are operated by concessionaires under contract to the National Park Service. The architecture of Yosemite Village is characterized by shed style and makes extensive use of native woods. The earliest 20th-century buildings were designed by landscape architect Charles Punchard Jr., among others in the National Park Service.
A Miwok village called Hok-ok'-wi-dok (alternatively Hokokwito or Hococwedoc) was formerly located opposite the Yosemite falls, at the future site of the Hutchings Hotel in Yosemite Village.[4] The first US post office opened in 1869, originally named "Yo Semite". The spelling was changed to "Yosemite" in 1908 and to "Yosemite National Park" in 1922.[5] In 1906, Major H.C. Benson was commanded to build and garrison Fort Yosemite in the valley.[5] US Army troops were stationed at Fort Yosemite until 1916, when the National Park Service was established to administer Yosemite and other national parks.[5]
Curry Village is one of the lodging options in the area.
- ^ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ a b "P1. Race – Yosemite Valley CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yosemite Valley Census Designated Place
- ^ Powers, Stephen (1877). Contributions to North American Ethnology. p. 365. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 849. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.