City of Taft

City of Taft is a locality in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California. City of Taft is situated nearby to the suburb South Taft, as well as near the hamlet Ford City.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taft Airport and Taft Correctional Institution.

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 Correctional Institution

Prison

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Taft Correctional Institution was a low-security federal prison for male inmates located in Taft, Kern County, California, owned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and operated by Management and Training Corporation under contract with the BOP. Taft Correctional Institution is situated 2½ miles southeast of City of Taft.

Taft Union High School

School

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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. Taft Union High School is situated 2½ miles northwest of City of Taft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taft.

Taft

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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.

City of Taft

Type: Locality
Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.1267° or 35° 7′ 36″ north

Longitude

-119.4242° or 119° 25′ 27″ west

Elevation

843 feet (257 metres)

Open location code

85724HGG+M8

GeoNames ID

11788460

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