Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about 151 sq mi near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central
2009 0726 CA Bakersfield Fox Theater
2009 0726 CA Bakersfield The Padre
Beale Memorial Clock Tower Exterior
Front entrance to Bakersfield Californian Building
The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an important source of food, producing a significant part of Califor
Bakersfield, California
…is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population in the 2020 Census was 403,455, making it the 47th-most populous city in the…
Millerton Lake, supplied by the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal
César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally, 1974
Signs on pole show approximate altitude of land surface in 1925, 1955, and 1977.