Back تافت (كاليفورنيا) Arabic تافت (كاليفورنيا) ARZ تافت، کالیفورنیا AZB Тафт (град, Калифорния) Bulgarian Taft (Califòrnia) Catalan Тафт (Калифорни) CE Taft (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, California) CEB Taft (Kalifornien) German Taft (California) Spanish Taft (Kalifornia) Basque
Taft, California | |
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| Motto: "Energized For The Future " | |
 Location in Kern County and the state of California | |
  Taft, California Location in the United States  Taft, California Taft, California (the United States)  Taft, California Taft, California (North America) | |
| Coordinates: 35°08′33″N 119°27′23″W / 35.14250°N 119.45639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Kern |
| Incorporated | November 7, 1910[1] |
| Named for | William Howard Taft |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dave Noerr[2] |
| • State senator | Melissa Hurtado (D)[3] |
| • Assemblymember | Tom Lackey (R)[4] |
| • U.S. Rep. | Jay Obernolte (R)[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.26 sq mi (39.53 km2) |
| • Land | 15.26 sq mi (39.53 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,546 |
| • Density | 560/sq mi (220/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 93268 |
| Area code | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-77574 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1661543, 2412026 |
| Website | www |
Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two)[9] 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,[9] at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m).[7] The population was 9,327 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39.1 km2).
It was named for President William Howard Taft in 1909.[10]
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- ^ "Representing California's 16th Senate District". Senator Jean Fuller. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
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- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Taft". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1114. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of California. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 449. ISBN 9780403093182.