Baker, Kern County, California

Baker is a former [2] unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It was located in the Mojave Desert, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northwest of Boron,[3] at an elevation of 2503 feet (763 m).[1] Baker was 1.25 miles (2 km) east of West Baker, California.

Baker
Baker
Location in California
Baker
Baker (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°02′32″N 117°40′03″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyKern County
Elevation2,503 ft (763 m)

A post office operated at Baker for a time around 1954.[3]

If the county is not specified, it would normally be taken to mean the town of Baker in San Bernardino County, approximately 90 miles (140 km) towards the east.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baker, Kern County, California
  2. "Kern County GIS data". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 997. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.



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