Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Taft came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Taft in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Taft. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Taft data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Taft is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Taft in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Taft for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Taft. See our Misc Page for Taft for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Taft:

Taft was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Taft: www.cityoftaft.org/

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/