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District of Taft
California - United States

Derby Acres, California

Derby Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Derby Acres is located 5.5 miles north-northwest of Fellows, at an elevation of 1375 feet (419 m). The population was 322 at the 2010 census, down from 376 at the 2000 census. The town is on State Route 33 at the northern extremity of the Midway-Sunset Oil Field, about five miles (8 km) southeast of McKittrick.

Located at 35.2472, -119.595 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California, Populated places established in the 1930s

Dustin Acres, California

Dustin Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Dustin Acres is located 6.5 miles north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 384 feet (117 m). The population was 652 at the 2010 census, up from 585 at the 2000 census.

Located at 35.2194, -119.391 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

Fellows, California

Fellows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Fellows is located 5 miles west-northwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1316 feet (401 m). The population was 106 at the 2010 census, down from 153 at the 2000 census. Fellows is surrounded on all sides by the enormous Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the third-largest oil field in the United States, and the oil and gas industry accounts for much of the area's economic activity.

Located at 35.1786, -119.541 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

Ford City, California

Ford City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located 1 mile north of Taft, at an elevation of 892 feet (272 m). The population was 4,278 at the 2010 census, up from 3,512 at the 2000 census. It is immediately north of Taft, between the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field to the southwest, and the almost exhausted Buena Vista Oil Field to the northeast. State Route 119 passes east of town from its junction with SR 33 to the south.

Located at 35.1544, -119.456 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

McKittrick, California

McKittrick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. McKittrick is located 14 miles northwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1056 feet (322 m). The population was 115 at the 2010 census, down from 160 at the 2000 census.

Located at 35.3056, -119.622 (Lat. / Lng.), about 15 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

South Taft, California

South Taft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. South Taft is located 0.5 miles south of Taft, at an elevation of 1017 feet (310 m). The population was 2,169 at the 2010 census, up from 1,898 at the time of the 2000 census.

Located at 35.1347, -119.456 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

Taft Heights, California

Taft Heights (formerly, Boust City) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Taft Heights is located 1 mile west-southwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1178 feet (359 m). The population was 1,949 at the 2010 census, up from 1,865 at the 2000 census.

Located at 35.1347, -119.473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California

Tupman, California

Tupman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Tupman is located 20 miles west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 331 feet (101 m). The population was 161 at the 2010 census, down from 227 at the 2000 census.

Located at 35.2981, -119.351 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California, Populated places established in 1920

Valley Acres, California

Valley Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located 5.2 miles north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 420 feet (128 m). The population was 527 at the 2010 census, up from 512 at the 2000 census.

Located at 35.2061, -119.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Kern County, California, Populated places established in 1937, 1937 establishments in California

Gardner Army Airfield

Gardner Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Force World War II Field located 9 miles southeast of Taft, California. It was named for Major John H. Gardner, a World War I aviator hero. Gardner AAF is historically significant as Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager first learned how to fly an airplane there.

Located at 35.1058, -119.306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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1941 establishments in California, Defunct airports in California, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California, USAAF West Coast Training Center, Buildings and structures in Kern County, California, History of Kern County, California, Airports established in 1941

Lakeview Gusher

Lakeview Gusher Number One was an immense out-of-control pressurized oil well in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California. It created the largest accidental oil spill in history, lasting 18 months and releasing 9 million barrels of crude oil. Midway-Sunset was one of the largest oil reserves in America. When drilling commenced, the Lakeview Oil Company expected natural gas and a small amount of oil. Instead, there was a large blowout which overloaded storage tanks.

Located at 35.0914, -119.401 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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History of Kern County, California, Oil fields in California, Oil spills in the United States, California Historical Landmarks, 1910 in the environment

KBDS

KBDS is a radio station licensed to serve Taft, California. The station is owned by Radio Campensina Bakersfield, Inc. , which is itself owned by the United Farm Workers. While the station normally broadcasts to the Kern County, California, area, as of November 14, 2008, it is temporarily off the air. Before the station was silenced on November 14, 2008, it broadcast a Rhythmic Top 40 music format. Branded as "Play 103.9", the station's slogan was "Blazin' Hip Hop Y Mas."

Located at 35.1178, -119.459 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Radio stations established in 1989, Radio stations disestablished in 2008, Radio stations in Bakersfield, California, Defunct radio stations in the United States, Defunct companies based in California

Taft Airport

Taft Airport, also known as Taft-Kern County Airport, is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of Taft, serving Kern County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 71 acres and has one runway.

Located at 35.1411, -119.441 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Airports in Kern County, California, Central Valley (California)

Taft Union High School

Taft Union High School is located in Taft in Kern County, California, in the United States. Taft High was founded in 1912. Taft is a small city and the school also serves the surrounding rural area, with a total population of about 20,000. The school was featured in the movie "The Best of Times" with Robin Williams and Kurt Russell. Taft was also in the 1996 movie For My Daughter's Honor, with the name changed to Tate Union High School. Parts of the movie Frog-g-g! were filmed at TUHS as well.

Located at 35.1465, -119.46 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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High schools in Kern County, California, Public high schools in California

Midway-Sunset Oil Field

The Midway-Sunset Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States. It is the largest in California and the third largest in the United States. The field was discovered in 1894, and through the end of 2006 had produced close to 3 billion barrels of oil. At the end of 2008 its estimated reserves amounted to approximately 532 million barrels .

Located at 35.1301, -119.461 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Oil fields in Kern County, California, Oil fields in California

Elk Hills Oil Field

The Elk Hills Oil Field (formerly the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1) is a large oil field in northwestern Kern County, in the Elk Hills of the San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States, about twenty miles (32 km) west of Bakersfield. Discovered in 1911, and having a cumulative production of close to 1.3 billion barrels of oil at the end of 2006, it is the fifth-largest oil field in California, and the seventh-most productive field in the United States.

Located at 35.2701, -119.426 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Central Valley (California), History of California, Oil fields in Kern County, California, Natural gas fields in the United States, Oil fields in California, Teapot Dome scandal

Buena Vista Oil Field

The Buena Vista Oil Field, formerly the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 (NPR-2) is a large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States. Discovered in 1909, and having a cumulative production of approximately 667 million barrels, it is the tenth-largest oil field in California. It is also one of the closest to being exhausted, having a total reserve of only about one percent of its original oil, and having produced a mere 713,000 barrels in 2006.

Located at 35.1865, -119.43 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Natural gas fields in the United States, Oil fields in Kern County, California, Oil fields in California, Teapot Dome scandal

KEAL

KEAL is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish radio format. Licensed to Taft, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Lazer Licenses, LLC.

Located at 35.0942, -119.461 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Radio stations in Bakersfield, California, Radio stations established in 1977

Buena Vista Golf Course

Buena Vista Golf Course is an 18-hole public golf course in Kern County, California. It is located near Dustin Acres, approximately 20 miles west of Bakersfield. It is one of three courses owned and managed by the County of Kern Parks & Recreation Division. The course is 6,710 yards on hilly terrain, designed by George Mifflin. It opened in 1951. The course has views of the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area (which consist of two artificial lakes), farmland, and mountains.

Located at 35.239, -119.327 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Golf clubs and courses in Bakersfield, California

McKittrick Tar Pits

The McKittrick Tar Pits (also McKittrick Oil Seeps and McKittrick Brea Pits) are a series of natural asphalt lakes situated in the western part of Kern County in southern California. The pits are the most extensive asphalt lakes in the state.

Located at 35.3056, -119.622 (Lat. / Lng.), about 15 miles away.
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Asphalt lakes, Natural history of California, California Historical Landmarks, National Natural Landmarks in California, Paleontological sites of North America, Pleistocene, Lagerstätten

KXTT

KXTT is a radio station licensed to Maricopa, California, USA, the station serves the Bakersfield area. The station is currently owned by Lazer Licenses, LLC.

Located at 35.0942, -119.461 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Radio stations in California

Lake Evans (California)

Lake Evans is a manmade recreational lake in Kern County, California. It is the smaller of two lakes in the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area southwest of Bakersfield. The lake is primarily a sailing and fishing lake, with a speed limit of 5 miles per hour . The lake is located on the lakebed of the former Buena Vista Lake.

Located at 35.2333, -119.299 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Reservoirs in Kern County, California

Buena Vista Slough

Buena Vista Slough was the joint outlet of an overflowing Buena Vista Lake and a distributary of the Kern River into Tulare Lake. It is now diverted into a system of canals by the Outlet Canal In times when Buena Vista Lake overflowed it first backed up into Kern Lake making one large lake. When this larger lake overflowed it flowed out through the Buena Vista Slough that began southeast of what is now Tupman where it met the Kern River distributary channel.

Located at 35.2694, -119.309 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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History of the San Joaquin Valley Area, San Joaquin Valley, Natural history of the Central Valley (California), Rivers of Kern County, California, Wetlands of California, Endorheic basins of the United States