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Some of the cities, towns, and places in Kern County are Actis, Adobe Station, Aerial Acres, Alameda, Alta Sierra, Armistead, Arvin, Bakersfield, Bealville, Bear Valley Springs, Bena, Bodfish, Boron, Buttonwillow, Caliente, California City, Canebrake, Cantil, Cawelo, Cherokee Strip, China Lake Acres, Cinco, Claraville, Delano, Derby Acres, Di Giorgio, Dustin Acres, Edison, Edmundson Acres, Edwards, Edwards AFB, Famoso, Fellows, Ford City, Frazier Park, Fuller Acres, Glennville, Golden Hills, Goler Heights, Grapevine, Greenacres, Greenfield, Gypsite, Havilah, Indian Wells, Inyokern, Jasmin, Johannesburg, Kecks Corner, Keene, Kernville, Keyesville, Lake Isabella, Lake of the Woods, Lamont, Lebec, Loraine, Lost Hills, Maricopa, McFarland, McKittrick, Meridian, Mettler, Mexican Colony, Midoil, Millux, Miracle Hot Springs, Missouri Triangle, Mojave, Monolith, Mountain Mesa, Neufeld, North Edwards, Oildale, Old Garlock, Old River, Old West Ranch, Onyx, Panama, Pentland, Pine Mountain Club, Pinon Pines Estates, Pond, Pumpkin Center, Randsburg, Reward, Ricardo, Ridgecrest, Rio Bravo, Riverkern, Rosamond, Rosedale, Rowen, Saco, Sageland, Saltdale, Sanborn, Sand Canyon, Shafter, Shirley Meadows, Smith Corner, South Lake, South Taft, Spicer City, Squirrel Mountain Valley, Stallion Springs, Taft, Taft Heights, Tehachapi, Tupman, Twin Oaks, Valley Acres, Wasco, Weedpatch, Weldon, Wheeler Ridge, Willow Springs, Wofford Heights, Wonder Acres, Woody

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Kern County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield.Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley. Covering 8,161.42 square miles (21,138.0 km2), it ranges west to the southern slope of the Coast Ranges, and east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, at the city of Ridgecrest. Its northernmost city is Delano, and its southern reach extends just beyond Lebec to Grapevine, and the northern extremity of the parallel Antelope Valley. The county's economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction. There is also a strong aviation, space, and military presence, such as Edwards Air Force Base, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, and the Mojave Air and Space Port. The county is one of the fastest-growing areas in the United States in terms of population, but suffers from significant water supply issues and poor air quality.