*KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
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Population:	661,645 2000 census
Area:	5,210,630 Acres
County Seat:	Havilah 1866-1874	Bakersfield 1874 - present
Date: 1866	From Los Angeles & Tulare Counties

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
97	Oak Creek Pass
98	Keysville	1853
99	Walker's Pass
100	Havilah	1864
129	Fort Tejon	June 24, 1854
130	Willow Springs
132	Kernville called Whisky Flat until 1864	1860
133	Sebastian Indian Reservation (aka Tejon Indian Reservation)	1853
137	Gordon's Ferry on the Kern River	1850
277	Garces Circle	May 7, 1776
278	Place Where Francisco Garces Crossed the Kern River	May 1, 1776
283	Top of Grapevine Pass, Where Don pedro Fages Passed in 1772	1772
290	Discovery Well of Kern River Oilfield	1899
291	Fages(1772) - Zalvidea (1806) Crossing	1772
300	Rose Station (aka Rancho Canoa) built on top of Overland Stage way station (1858)	1875
371	Outermost Point of the South San Joaquin Valley Visited By Padre Garces in 1776	1776
374	Tulamniu Indian Site
376	California Standard Oil Well Number 1	1899
382	Colonel Thomas Baker Memorial	1863
457	Indian Wells
476	Desert Spring
485	Lakeview Gusher Number 1	March 14, 1910
492	Buttonwillow Tree
495	Glennville Adobe	1857
498	McKettrick Brea Pit
504	Buena Vista Refinery	August, 1864
508	Tehachapi Loop	1876
539	Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines	1858
540	Sinks of the Tejon (aka Alamo) Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail Lines	1858
581	Well "2-6"	June 27, 1909
588	Kern River Slough Station	1858
589	Mountain House	1858
631	Garces Baptismal Site	May, 1776
643	Old Town (Tehachapi (1876)	1860
652	20-Mule-Team Borax Terminus	1884
660	Point of Jedediah Smith Trail	February 1, 1827
671	Site of the Town of Garlock aka Cow Wells 1880-1896	1896
672	Lavers Crossing	1854
690	Site of the Last Home of Alexis Godey	1883
732	Site of the Home of Elisha Stevens
741	Bealville	1855
742	Campsite of Edward M. Kern	December, 1845
757	Caliente once called Allen's Camp	1875
766	Freeman Junction	1834
923	Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor	August 23, 1977
938	Rand Mining District	1895
1022	Shafter Cotton Research Station	1922

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Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
		2,925	5,600

Territorial History
1866	Created from Los Angeles & Tulare Counties
	Territory from Tulare to Kern (1866)
	Territory from Los Angeles to Kern (1866)
	Territory from San Luis Obispo to Kern (1866)
	Territory from Kern to Inyo (1872)
	Territory from Kern to San Luis Obispo (1885)