Taft, California
Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) is a city in the edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of Bakersfield. The population was 8,546 at the 2020 census.[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.3 square miles (39.6 km2).
History
It was named for President William H. Taft in 1909.[2]
Taft, California Media
- Wooden Derick - Kern West Oil Museum (3355730344).jpg
1917 wooden derrick. This oil well produced into the 1980s, and the operator then donated the old derrick and three acres of land to found the West Kern Oil Museum.
- Taft oil well blow-out in Kern County, ca. 1920 (CHS-2498).jpg
Taft oil well blow-out at a Standard Oil well, ca. 1920. Around 20,000 barrels of oil were spilled.
- 2010-1230-Taft-FoxTheatre.jpg
The Fox Theatre, downtown Taft.
- 2010-1230-Taft-CityHall.jpg
City Hall, Taft, California, USA.
- 2010-1230-Taft-UHS.jpg
- 2010-1230-Taft-LincolnJHS.jpg
Lincoln Junior High School
- Kern West Oil Museum.jpg
West Kern Oil Museum, old pumpjack and fire engine
- Superbloom at Carrizo 2017.jpg
Superbloom in the Temblor Range in 2017, Carrizo Plain National Monument
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Taft city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ↑ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of California. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 449. ISBN 9780403093182.
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