Welcome to Monolith ...

Monolith is located in Kern County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monolith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Monolith is 3,960 feet [1,207 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Monolith is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Monolith lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Monolith ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Monolith.

• Tehachapi
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tehachapi is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehachapi
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,746 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tehachapi <3>
• Golden Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Golden Hills is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
• Old Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Old Town is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
• Girard ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Girard is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
• Woodford
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodford is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
• Keene
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keene is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <3>
• Mojave
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mojave is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mojave <3>
• Reefer City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Reefer City is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reefer City
• Bear Valley Springs
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bear Valley Springs is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear Valley Springs <3>
• Gold Town ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Town is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Town

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Monolith. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monolith.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monolith. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monolith.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monolith. See our Newspapers Page for Monolith.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monolith ...

Looking for more information about Monolith? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Monolith, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Monolith.

Adding Monolith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monolith in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Monolith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Monolith post office opened in 1910. The Monolith post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monolith.