Furnace Creek, CA

Furnace Creek is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 136 residents. The elevation of the village is 190 feet below sea level. The visitor center, museum, and headquarters of Death Valley National Park are located at Furnace Creek. Near Furnace Creek is California Historical Landmark number 442, Death Valley '49ers Gateway, assigned on October 24, 1949. The marker is at the corner of State Route 190 and Badwater Road. In Furnace Creek, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture.

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The map tells the story in Furnace Creek, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Francis Marion Smith and William Tell Coleman 's company, the Harmony Borax Works, established Greenland Ranch in 1883, named after the green alfalfa fields which they planted there. They established a weather station at the ranch in 1891. Springs in the Amargosa Range created a natural oasis at Furnace Creek, which has subsequently dwindled due to diversion of this water to support the village.