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Welcome to Taft ...The city of Taft is located in Kern County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Taft, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. The city was incorporated November 7, 1910. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Taft has a population of 9,270 people<2> (see below for details). Taft is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Taft lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Taft: (661) The ZIP code for Taft: 93268<4> Websites for Taft ...Official Website: www.cityoftaft.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Taft had an population of 9,270 people. This is a decrease of 0.61% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 44.84% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Taft had a population of 9,327 people. This makes Taft the county's 10th most populous community. The population of Taft represents 0.03% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 374th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 9,327 people, the population of Taft increased 45.73% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,400 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Taft. Communities Also Named Taft ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Taft - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Florida (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Taft. Communities near Taft ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Taft.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Taft. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Taft. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Taft. 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 Taft. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Taft. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Taft. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taft ...Looking for more information about Taft? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Taft, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Taft. Adding Taft to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Taft 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 for Taft was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Taft mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929). For more details, see References and Mentions for Taft. 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/ Footnotes ...
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