Lerdo, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

35°29′25″N 119°09′09″W / 35.49028°N 119.15250°W / 35.49028; -119.15250CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyKern CountyElevation

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417 ft (127 m)

Lerdo (Spanish for "Dull")^[2] is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.^[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Bakersfield,^[3] at an elevation of 417 feet (127 m).^[1]

A post office operated at Lerdo from 1890 to 1894.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lerdo, California
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 185.
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1061. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.