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The Bakersfield area was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in 1860. At the founding ceremony in 1869, the town was named Bakersfield, in honor of Colonel Thomas Baker, who had moved to the area in 1863. By 1880, the town had a population of 801, and by 1890, it had a population of 2,626.Migration from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Southern California brought new residents, who were mostly employed by the oil industry. By 1980, Bakersfield's population was about 105,000. During the next 20 years, Bakersfield's population exploded and surpassed 250,000 by 2000.

Bakersfield is located at 35°21?24?N 119°01?07?W? / ?35.35667, -119.01861,[3] and at 400-foot (120 m) elevation. It lies near the southern "horseshoe" end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevadas just to the east. The city limits extend to the Sequoia National Forest, at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountain Range and at the entrance to the Kern Canyon. To the south, the Tehachapi Mountains feature the historic Tejon Ranch. To the west is the Temblor Range, which features the Carrizo Plain National Monument and the San Andreas Fault, approximately 35 miles (56 km) across the valley floor.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 114.4 square miles (296 km2), of which 113.1 sq mi (293 km2) is land (98.86%) and 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) is water (1.14%).Bakersfield lies approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of Los Angeles (about a 1?-hour drive on I-5 and State Route 99) and about 300 miles (480 km) southeast of the state capital, Sacramento (about a 4?-hour drive on State Route 99).

 

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Friends aid Bakersfield activist
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Dec 26, 2008
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Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours ago
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Another sign of economic times: BC enrollment surges
Bakersfield Californian, CA - Dec 3, 2008
Out of work and job hunting, Francisco Monge, 29, said ?people aren?t hiring.? In these tough economic times, with job options few and far between, ...
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Friends aid Bakersfield activist
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Dec 26, 2008
Now she's hopeful that she'll win her battle to get workers compensation and medical benefits to which she believes she is entitled, and she's optimistic ...
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Women's Basketball Returns From Break To Face Western Oregon Sunday
OSU Beavers, OR - 13 hours ago
Mercedes Fox-Griffin posted 17 points in the team's victory over Cal State Bakersfield, giving her 30 double-digit scoring efforts for her career. ...
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