Baker, Kern County, California

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For the community in San Bernardino County, see Baker, California. For the place formerly with this name, see Boron, California.
Baker
Unincorporated community
Baker is located in California
Baker
Baker
Location in California
Coordinates: 35°02′32″N 117°40′03″W / 35.04222°N 117.66750°W / 35.04222; -117.66750Coordinates: 35°02′32″N 117°40′03″W / 35.04222°N 117.66750°W / 35.04222; -117.66750
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyKern County
Elevation
[1]
2,503 ft (763 m)

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.

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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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