Taft (California)
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Location in California
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| Foundation : | November 7, 1910 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Kern County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 8 ′ N , 119 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,200 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 234.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 39.2 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 39.2 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 291 m | ||
| Postal code : | 93268 | ||
| Area code : | +1 661 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-77574 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1661543 | ||
| Website : | www.cityoftaft.org | ||
| Mayor : | Paul Linder | ||
Taft is a city in Kern County in the US state of California , United States , with 9200 inhabitants ( 2004 ). Taft is about 50 km west-southwest of Bakersfield .
The geographic coordinates are: 35.13 ° north, 119.44 ° west. The urban area has a size of 39.2 km².
The city was first named as Siding Number Two.
Natural resources
Gold was discovered in 1851 and oil in 1865.
On March 14, 1910, the largest recorded blowout ("gusher") in the history of oil production in the United States, the Lakeview Gusher Number One , occurred . An estimated 1,400,000 m³ (1,230,000 tons) of oil leaked between March 14, 1910 and September 1911. Today there is a memorial plaque at the exact location, as well as a museum of oil production nearby.
Daughters and sons of the city
- Jeanne Cooper (1928–2013), actress
- Ronald Graham (1935-2020), mathematician
- Loren Cunningham (* 1936), founder of Youth with a Mission
supporting documents
- ↑ a b David L. Durham California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State ( English ). Quill Driver Books, 1998, ISBN 9781884995149 , p. 1114.
- ↑ William Rintoul: spud . In: {{{title}}} ( English ). California Historical Society, San Francisco 1976, ISBN 0910312370 , pp. 106-113.