Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, covering about 151 square miles near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in the state's Central Valley region. Long a center of oil production and agriculture, Bakersfield is also known as the birthplace of the Bakersfield sound, a twangy, electrified style of country music associated with musicians such as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
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Area (sq km) Founding YearInfobox range is 1873-1876 for original incorporation, re-incorporated January 11, 1898; 1873 (earliest incorporation year) used. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Converted from the infobox raw value of 404 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m); no metric elevation field was given. Connections
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Bakersfield's population in the 2020 Census was 403,455, making it the 47th-most populous city in the United States and the 9th-most populous in California.
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In 1873, Bakersfield was officially incorporated as a city.
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