Maricopa is a city in Kern County, California. Maricopa is located 6.5 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Taft, at an elevation of 883 feet (269 m). The population was 1,154 at the 2010 census, up from 1,111 at the 2000 census. The Carrizo Plain is located to the northwest, and the enormous Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the third largest oil field in the United States, is adjacent on the north and east.
Northern city limit of Maricopa; the fire in the center is a gas flare from an active oil well
Old Maricopa Jail House. Served as a "drunk tank" from the 1910s to the 1960s.
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Image: Downtown Bakersfield
Image: 2009 0726 CA National Chavez Center
Image: Fort Tejon Barracks from CO Qtrs
Image: F 35 at Edwards