Discovering Cities in California Series - Delano
Welcome to Delano, California.
Located in region 7.
The county is Kern.
The city has just fewer than 50,000 residents living in 10.1 square miles of land area an 0.1 square miles of water area.
The city was incorporated in April 1915.
The city is in Southern California.
Some interesting facts about Delano, California.
Delano is located, actually Highway the Interstate 99 we call the agricultural highway of California runs right through the middle of the city.
Cesar Chavez
Delano is an agricultural city with a history of being center stage of the farming labor movement (United Farm Workers) of the 1974 when a Great Grape Strike took place with Cesar Chavez.
IBB Voice of America
Until 2007 Delano was since 1942 an important military broadcast radio transmission station known as the International Broadcasting Bureau IBB Voice of America (VOA) this is a type of worldwide shortwave radio relay system through a curtain array of antennas. Testing was performed at IBB to see if Radio Frequencies (RF) could saturate the ionosphere.
Phil Spector Serving 19 years he is 70 now
California State Correctional Facility North Kern
The city of Delano is home to near 5500 male inmates at the medium security California Correctional Facility North Kern State Prison where its most famous inmate is Phil Spector record producer and song writer for some of the most famous singers musicians in the world.
Things to do in and around Delano, California.
Delano offers the Delano Municipal Airport also known as Meadows Field (BFL) located in the south end of the city right along Highway 99.
Delano Heritage Park & Museum
There is the nearby Kern River for fishing and kayaking but if you are going to Delano you need to visit the Delano Heritage Park where in a park setting you are going to see historic buildings and farm machinery.
Lake Woollomes Recreation
Travel only about 3 miles outside of Delano proper to Lake Woollomes to enjoy a picnic or bring the boat and launch it for pleasure ride. The lake has 4 miles of shoreline to enjoy and occupies 300 acres of water area. The parks total size of 455 acre of area so see if Lake Woollomes for your questions.
City of Delano, California web sites.
City of Delano, California City of Delano, California
Delano Chamber of Commerce Delano, California Chamber of Commerce
DelanoWeather.com