Inyokern
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census designated place in Kern County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- State senator
- Shannon Grove ( R )
- Assemblymember
- Stan Ellis ( R )
- U s rep
- Vince Fong ( R )
- Total
- 10.928 sq mi (28.303 km )
- Land
- 10.927 sq mi (28.301 km )
- Water
- 0.00077 sq mi (0.002 km ) 0.01%
- Elevation
- 2,434 ft (742 m)
- Density
- 90.4/sq mi (34.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area codes
- 442/760
- Fips code
- 06-36658
- Gnis feature ids
- 243875 , 2408430
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Inyokern (formerly Siding 16 and Magnolia) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Its name derives from its location near the border between Inyo and Kern Counties. Inyokern is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 2,434 feet (742 m). It is on the western side of the Indian Wells Valley. The population was 988 in the 2020 census, down from 1,099 in the 2010 census. It was a railroad town established along the Southern Pacific railroad's Lone Pine Branch (now removed) and with WWII became site of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.
It is served by Inyokern Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inyokern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.