Taft
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city in Kern County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Incorporated
- November 7, 1910
- Named after
- William Howard Taft
- Mayor
- Dave Noerr
- State senator
- Shannon Grove ( R )
- Assemblymember
- Stan Ellis ( R )
- U s rep
- Vince Fong ( R )
- Total
- 15.27 sq mi (39.55 km )
- Land
- 15.27 sq mi (39.55 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 955 ft (291 m)
- Density
- 559.6/sq mi (216.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-77574
- Gnis feature ids
- 1661543 , 2412026
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Taft
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kern County
- Population
- 8546
- Area
- 39.142659
- Elevation
- 291
- Official website
- www.cityoftaft.org
- Image
- 2010-1230-Taft-TheFort.jpg
- Households
- 3457
- Dialing code
- 661
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- Commons category
- Taft, California
- postal code
- 93268
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Taft, California
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 22934
- date of incorporation
- 1910-11-07
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) is a city in the foothills at the extreme southwestern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). The population was 8,546 at the 2020 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.3 square miles (39.6 km).
It was named for President William Howard Taft in 1909.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taft” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.