Discovering Cities in California Series - Bakersfield

Welcome to Bakersfield, California
The city is located in Region 7.
The County is Kern, California.
The city has just under 329,000 residents living in 113.1 square miles of area and the city has 1.3 square miles of water area.
The city was incorporated in January 1898.
The city is located in Southern California.

Some Interesting facts about Bakersfield, California.
Bakersfield is at the southern beginning of the Central Valley our region 7 located along the State Route 99 for California and the area is a very large populated area for the region which is predominantly a bedroom community. This area is also well known for its very rich minerals being of course oil and a unique feature is a group of the people habituating the area Basque people (name derives from the Medieval French) the largest percentage of Basque people living outside of the Pyrenees Mountains and what are Basque people and where are these mountains? These great people come from Spain, France and Andorra.

Dryer’s Ice Cream Factory
Lets not forget that Bakersfield, California is home to one of America’s favorite dessert Ice Cream from Dreyer’s and they make the ice cream we all enjoy here in fact this picture is the company’s chief taster what a job tasting ice cream for a living wow.

Bakersfield is 100 miles north of California’s largest population city of Los Angeles, California and has its own airport the Meadows Field you can visit the airport here Bakersfield, California Airport and if you are interested and you love carrots then Bakersfield would be your favorite place because they are home to the largest carrot producing operations known in the world.

Things to do in and around Bakersfield, California.
This is a great populated city to stay in then each day you can venture out to see agriculture and oil field history other then that there really is not much to offer. from Bakersfield you can visit lakes and rivers near by for fishing rafting and kayaking.

Official City of Bakersfield, California web sites.
City of Bakersfield City of Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield Visitor and Convention Bureau Bakersfield Visitor Information Center

Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce Bakersfield, California Chamber of Commerce

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