South Taft
South Taft is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. South Taft is located 0.5 miles south of Taft, at an elevation of 1,017 feet. The population was 2,100 at the 2020 census, down from 2,169 at the time of the 2010 census.- Type: Suburb with 2,170 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Kern County, California
- Also known as: “South Taft, CA” and “South Taft, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taft Airport and Taft Union High School.
Taft Airport
Aerodrome
Taft Airport, also known as Taft-Kern County Airport, is a public airport located one mile east of Taft, serving Kern County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 71 acres and has one runway.
Taft Union High School
School
Taft Union High School is located in Taft in Kern County, California, in the United States. Taft High was founded in 1912. Taft is a small city of fewer than 10,000, and the school also serves the surrounding rural area, which in the early 21st century has a total population of about 20,000.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taft and Midoil.
Taft
Taft is a small community at the eastern foot of the Temblor mountains, in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It is not much of a vacation destination although there are sites to see including the oil museum, a historic fort and the Carrizo Plains National Monument.Midoil
Hamlet
Midoil is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 2 miles southeast of Fellows, at an elevation of 1,339 feet. Midoil is no longer a permanently populated place. Midoil is situated 4 miles northwest of South Taft.
Valley Acres
Locality
Valley Acres is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located 5.2 miles north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 420 feet. The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census. Valley Acres is situated 6 miles northeast of South Taft.
South Taft
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.13469° or 35° 8′ 5″ north
Longitude
-119.45623° or 119° 27′ 22″ west
Population
2,170
Elevation
1,017 feet (310 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TF2
Open location code
85724GMV+VG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“South Taft” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساوث تافت”
- Basque: “South Taft”
- Catalan: “South Taft”
- Cebuano: “South Taft”
- Chechen: “Саут-Тафт”
- Chinese: “South Taft”
- Chinese: “南塔夫脫”
- Croatian: “South Taft”
- Dutch: “South Taft”
- French: “South Taft”
- German: “South Taft”
- Gilaki: “سأؤث تافت”
- Irish: “South Taft”
- Italian: “South Taft”
- Kara-Kalpak: “South Taft”
- Ladin: “South Taft”
- Malagasy: “South Taft, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “South Taft”
- Min Nan Chinese: “South Taft”
- Newari: “साउथ टाफ्ट, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “साउथ टाफ्ट”
- Persian: “سات تفت، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “سات تفت”
- Persian: “ساوت تفت”
- Polish: “South Taft”
- Portuguese: “South Taft”
- Russian: “Саус Тафт”
- Serbian: “Саут Тафт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “South Taft, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “South Taft”
- South Azerbaijani: “سات تفت، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “South Taft”
- Tatar: “Саут-Тафт”
- Turkish: “South Taft”
- Ukrainian: “Саут-Тафт”
- Urdu: “ساؤتھ ٹافٹ، کیلیفورنیا”
- Volapük: “South Taft”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Taft Heights and Ford City.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Assembly of God Church and First Southern Baptist Church.
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