Taft, Kern County, California, USA
Notizen:
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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Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Darbyshire, Albert | 22 Jul 1982 | Taft, Kern County, California, USA | I174079 |
2 | Harmon, Jessica Rose | 18 Feb 1988 | Taft, Kern County, California, USA | I193019 |
3 | Stout, Dovie LaLene | 27 Dez 1976 | Taft, Kern County, California, USA | I10228 |
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Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Scott / Zimpleman | 22 Jun 1995 | Taft, Kern County, California, USA | F64690 |