Bishop (formerly,
Bishop Creek) is a city in
Inyo County,
California,
United States. Though Bishop is the only city and the largest populated place in Inyo County, the county seat is located in
Independence. Bishop is located near the northern end of the
Owens Valley, at an elevation of . The population was 3,879 at the 2010 census, up from 3,575 at the 2000 census. The town was named after
Bishop Creek, flowing out of the
Sierra Nevada: the creek was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, a settler in the Owens Valley.