Ford City
Ford City is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located 1 mile north of Taft, at an elevation of 892 feet.- Type: Hamlet with 4,280 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Ford City, CA” and “Ford City, 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 west of Ford City.
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 4½ miles northeast of Ford City.
Ford City
- 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
35.15441° or 35° 9′ 16″ north
Longitude
-119.45623° or 119° 27′ 22″ west
Population
4,280
Elevation
892 feet (272 metres)
Open location code
85725G3V+QG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Ford City” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورد”
- Basque: “Ford City”
- Catalan: “Ford City”
- Cebuano: “Ford City”
- Chechen: “Форд-Сити”
- Chinese: “Ford City”
- Chinese: “福德城”
- Croatian: “Ford City”
- Dutch: “Ford City”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورد”
- French: “Ford City”
- German: “Ford City”
- Gilaki: “فؤرد سيتي”
- Irish: “Ford City”
- Italian: “Ford City”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Ford City”
- Ladin: “Ford City”
- Malagasy: “Ford City, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Ford City”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ford City”
- Newari: “फर्ड सिटी (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
- Newari: “फर्ड सिटी, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “फर्ड सिटी”
- Persian: “فورد سیتی، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “فورد سیتی”
- Polish: “Ford City”
- Portuguese: “Ford City”
- Russian: “Форд Сити”
- Serbian: “Форд Сити”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ford City, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ford City”
- South Azerbaijani: “فورد سیتی، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Ford City”
- Tatar: “Форд-Сити”
- Turkish: “Ford City”
- Ukrainian: “Форд-Сіті”
- Urdu: “فورڈ سٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
- Volapük: “Ford City”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wallace Center and South Taft.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Hope Temple and Ford City Park.
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