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Taft, Kern County, California, USA



 


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Wikipedia 2018:

Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) is a city in the foothills at the extreme southwestern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). The population was 9,327 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39.1 km2).

It was named for President William H. Taft in 1909.

History:

The town began as Siding Number Two on the Sunset Railroad. According to a display at the West Kern Oil Museum, local residents asked the Southern Pacific Railroad if the station could be named Moro when the rails arrived in about 1900, but a railroad official declined because the name would be too easily confused with the coastal town of Morro Bay. Instead, the railroad directed the station be called Moron, a word which as yet had no association with stupidity. Pictures of local businesses, including the Moron Pharmacy, hang in the museum.

After a fire burned much of the town, the name was changed to Taft in honor of William Howard Taft.

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Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Darbyshire, Albert  22 Jul 1982Taft, Kern County, California, USA I174079
2 Harmon, Jessica Rose  18 Feb 1988Taft, Kern County, California, USA I193019
3 Stout, Dovie LaLene  27 Dez 1976Taft, Kern County, California, USA I10228

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Scott / Zimpleman  22 Jun 1995Taft, Kern County, California, USA F64690