Mojave (California)
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Location in California
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| Foundation : | 1876 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Kern County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 3 ′ N , 118 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,238 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 28 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 151.4 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) of which 151.4 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 842 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 93501, 93502, 93519 | ||
| Area code : | +1 661 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-48452 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1652752 | ||
| Website : | www.mojave.ca.us | ||
Mojave is a census-designated place in Kern County , California , United States . The 2010 census found a population of 4,238. Mojave is 80 km (50 miles) east of Bakersfield , California. The city is located in the southwest corner of the Mojave Desert .
geography
Neighboring communities
- California City , North
- Edwards , ( Unparished Area ) East, Edwards Air Force Base and Dryden Flight Research Center
- Rosamond , south
- Tehachapi , western
history
The place was founded in 1876 as a construction warehouse for the company Southern Pacific Railroad , when they built the rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisco . The day the first passenger arrived in Mojave, August 8, 1876, is known as the city's birthday. The train connection to Bakersfield runs over the Tehachapi Loop in the Tehachapi Mountains .
The city also served as the construction center for the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The first post office also opened in 1876. The city was named after Yuma-speaking Yuma Indians who lived in the southwestern United States . Aviation has played an important role in the history of Mojave. The developer of aircraft prototypes Scaled Composites is also based in Mojave .
Culture and sights
Notable places
- Mojave Air & Space Port , including the aircraft graveyard there
- Hyundai Kia Automotive Group test track, east of town
- Tehachapi Pass wind farm
Churches
- Assembly of God Church
- Hope Lutheran Church
- First Southern Baptist Church
- Full Gospel House of Prayer
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses
- Mojave Community Parish
- Mojave Missionary Baptist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Saint Francis Catholic Church
Sports
Mojave has a golf course , the Camelot Golf Course, with a size of around 1 km². This golf course has been approved by the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Mojave is on the routes of California State Route 14 ("Antelope Freeway", towards Los Angeles and northern Nevada ) and California State Route 58 (towards central California, Arizona and southern Nevada). The city has an unoccupied platform with no ticket booth, the nearest occupied train station is in Bakersfield .
Mojave Air & Space Port is located in the Mojave area .
Public facilities
- Mojave United School District Office
- Mojave Chamber of Commerce
- Mojave Branch of Kern County Library
- Veterans building
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the city on mojave.ca.us ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ David L. Durham: California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State . Ed .: Quill Driver Books. 1998, ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9 , pp. 1074 .
- ↑ Information from Amtrak California
credentials
- Bailey, Richard C., Kern County Place Names , (Bakersfield, California: Merchant's Printing and Lithography Co., 1967).
- Beck, Warren A. and Ynez D. Haase, "92: Borax Mines and Roads of the Late 1800s," Historical Atlas of California , (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974).
- United States Postal Service website, 2006.