Lingo Canyon is a canyon in San Luis Obispo county in California. It was named for George Washington Lingo, an early settler. George Washington Lingo was a native of Randolph County, Missouri, where he was born on March 25, 1833, a son of Samuel Lingo, a Carolinian who came to Missouri by way of Tennessee. See also La Panza Canyon References External links Satellite view of the canyon Landforms of San Luis Obispo County, California