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HISTORY Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the Eastern Sierra Nevada range into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Western Indian Wells Valley, and Northern Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles County, an area larger than the state of Massachusetts. From the Sierras the county extends across the floor of the San Joaquin Valley to the eastern edge of the Temblor Range, part of the Coastal Ranges. To the south the county extends over the ridge of the Tehachapi Mountains. The county seat is Bakersfield (since 1874). The original county seat being the former mining town of Havilah in the mountains between Bakersfield and Tehachapi.
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County Seat: Bakersfield Year Organized: 1866 Square Miles: 8,142			Neighboring counties Inyo County, California Kings County, California Los Angeles County, California San Bernardino County, California San Luis Obispo County, California Santa Barbara County, California Tulare County, California Ventura County, California
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