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The Bakersfield portion of the 4th Supervisorial District includes most of what is generally considered Southwest Bakersfield and Rosedale. The district includes everything south of Stockdale Highway and west of Highway 99, with the exception of a small area south of White Lane, east of Gosford Road, and north of Bear Mountain Boulevard. From Stockdale Highway the district boundary turns north on Calloway to Brimhall, west to Jewetta, north to Norris, and west to Enos Lane. Included in the Bakersfield area are the small communities of Grapevine and Old River.
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Wasco is an agricultural community of about 25,000 people, and is located
26 miles north of Bakersfield at the intersection of State Highways 46
and 43. Wasco is known as the Rose Capital of the World, and showcases
its 453 rose varieties at the Annual Wasco Festival of Roses celebration,
held the weekend following Labor Day. In addition to abundant farm acreage
producing potatoes, sugar beets, cotton, alfalfa, corn and barley, Wasco
boasts a 72-acre Industrial Park and an 18-hole golf course.
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Buttonwillow is an agricultural community of about 1,500 people located
approximately 30 miles west of Metropolitan Bakersfield near the junction
of State Highway 58 and Interstate 5. Buttonwillow is located on the site
of ancient Indian dance grounds, and is named for a tree which is a State
Historical Landmark.
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Lost Hills is a small community of approximately 1,300 people located
on State Highway 46 near its intersection with Interstate 5, approximately
40 miles north of Bakersfield. Lost Hills is located near the North Belridge
Petroleum Production Site and the Kern National Wildlife Refuge.
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Frazier Park is a community of approximately 2,200 residents located
7 miles west of Interstate 5 and approximately 45 miles south of Bakersfield.
Frazier Park is located in the Los Padres National Forest and serves as
the gateway to the Mt. Pinos Recreation Area and the Hungry Valley State
Vehicular Recreation Area. No matter what the season, a wealth of outdoor
activities such as camping, hiking, climbing, bird watching, biking, fishing,
cross-country skiing and snowmobiling, are available in Frazier Park and
the surrounding communities.
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The community of Lebec is located 36 miles south of Bakersfield on Interstate
5. It is adjacent to many famed historical sites, including Ft. Tejon State
Historic Park, former headquarters of the U.S. Army's 1st Dragoons and
Camel Corps, and scene of modern-day re-enactments of Civil War battles
held the third weekend of each month from April through October. Also in
the Lebec area are the headquarters of Tejon Ranch Company, the largest
privately-owned ranch west of the Rocky Mountains, and the top of Grapevine
Pass, from which Commander Fages caught his historic first glimpse of the
San Joaquin Valley in 1772.
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These small residential communities are located along Frazier Mountain
Park road as it travels west toward Mt. Pinos and its sister mountain,
Mt. Abel. They are a blend of permanent, year-round residents, summer and
winter vacationers, and weekenders.
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Pine Mountain Club is a mountain community located approximately 12
miles west of Frazier Park along Mil Potrero Highway. Pine Mountain Club
is a private development consisting of about 3,000 home sites, a 9-hole
golf course featuring spectacular mountain scenery, and a Community Activity
Center offering sports facilities, dining, and entertainment for its members.
Pine Mountain Club has about 1,500 year-round residents, and is located
just 3 miles east of Camp Condor, the Westside Children's Association's
newly-restored group camping facility.
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Taft is a community of approximately 15,000 and is comprised of the
incorporated City of Taft, Taft Heights, South Taft and Ford City. It is
located 37 miles southwest of Bakersfield in the Buena Vista Hills, and
is home to a large portion of Kern County's Petroleum Industry. Taft is
home to "The Fort," an authentic replica of the famed Sutter's Fort, the
West Kern Oil Museum, and 25 Hill, a scenic drive featuring historic oil-drilling
rigs.
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Mary Garner
Office hours: Tuesdays 9am to 3pm.
All other inquiries: please contact the Bakersfield Office.
Phone: 661-763-8588 |
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Included in the Greater Taft Area are several small rural residential/industrial
communities. The communities of Tupman, an oil-company town adjacent to
the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve; Dustin Acres, home to the Telamniu
Indian Village site excavated by the Smithsonian in 1933; and Valley Acres,
are located along Highway 119 between Bakersfield and Taft. The communities
of Fellows, Derby Acres and McKittrick are located northwest of Taft along
State Highway 33. The McKittrick Brea Pit, located at the site of a former
oil and asphalt mining center, is famous for the profusion of Pleistocene
bird and mammal remains excavated there during the past 50 years, and the
Buena Vista Refinery, located approximately 10 miles north of McKittrick
on LoKern Road, dates from the 1860's and was California's first oil refinery.
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Mary Garner
Office hours: Tuesdays 9am to 3pm.
All other inquiries: please contact the Bakersfield Office.
Phone: 661-763-8588 |
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Andy Stanley |
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The incorporated City of Maricopa is located 7 miles southeast of Taft
along Highway 33/166. Maricopa is the site of the Lakeview Gusher, the
greatest oil gusher in world history, which "blew" here in March of 1910,
and produced 9 million barrels of oil in 18 months. Maricopa is now a rural
oil and agricultural community of about 1,300 people.
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Mary Garner
Office hours: Tuesdays 9am to 3pm.
All other inquiries: please contact the Bakersfield Office.
Phone: 661-763-8588 |
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Andy Stanley |
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