Cities and Communities of Kern County
 

Much of Kern County consists of small to tiny populated areas, some of which have been absorbed into Bakersfield proper, others of which exist only in memories and old newspapers.

    Alta Sierra (Kern Valley)
    Arvin
    Bakersfield
    Bear Valley Springs
    Bodfish (Kern Valley)
    Buttonwillow
    Cache Creek
    Caliente (railroad stop between Tehachapi & Bakersfield)
    California City
    Canebrake (Kern Valley)
    Canfield (Bakersfield)
    Cantil
    Cawelo
    Claraville
    Cummings Valley
    Delano
    Di Giorgio
    Edison
    Edwards (Air Force Base)
    Fairmont
    Fairview (Kern Valley)
    Famoso
    Fellows
    Ford City (now part of Taft)
    Fort Tejon (historical monument between Bakersfield & Los Angeles; Lebec post office)
    Frazier Park
    Fruitvale
    Garlock
    Glennville
    Gorman
    Grapevine
    Greenacres
    Greenfield
    Greenhorn (Kern Valley)
    Hart Flat
    Havilah (mining town in Kern Valley)
    Inyokern
    Johannesburg
    Johnsondale (Kern Valley)
    Keene
    Kerman
    Kern City (now part of Bakersfield)
    Kern Valley
    Kernville
    Kern Island (now part of Bakersfield)
    Keysville (Kern Valley)
    Lake Isabella
    Lake of the Woods
    Lakeview (thrived in the '50s on Copus Rd, now just a wide place on the road)
    Lamont
    Lebec
    Linn's Valley
    Long Tom (once site of mining activity, now ranches)
    Loraine
    Maricopa
    McFarland
    McKittrick
    Mettler
    Miracle Hot Springs
    Mojave
    Monolith
    Mountain Mesa (Kern Valley)
    North Edwards
    Northside (now Oildale or Riverview)
    Oildale (now part of Bakersfield)
    Onyx
    Panama (South of Bakersfield, "rural area")
    Pearsonville
    Pine Mountain
    Posey
    Pond
    Pumpkin Center
    Richgrove
    Ridgecrest
    Rio Bravo (area of oil development)
    Riverkern (Kern Valley)
    Road's End (Kern Valley)
    Rosamond
    Rosedale
    Shafter
    Southlake (Kern Valley)
    Squirrel Valley (Kern Valley)
    Stallion Springs (part of Tehachapi)
    Sumner (east side of Bakersfield)
    Taft
    Tehachapi
    Tupman
    Walker Basin (Kern Valley)
    Wasco
    Weldon
    Wheeler Ridge
    White River
    Wofford Heights (Kern Valley)
    Woody