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| California City, incorporated in 1965, is a city located in the northern Antelope Valley in Kern County in the U.S. state of California. The population was 8,385 at the 2000 census. Estimated population in July 2006 is 12,659. California City has one prison (the California City Correctional Center, operated by the Corrections Corporation of America), one landowners' resort, one PGA golf course, and one municipal airport (site of a skydiving club). Much of the city's workforce is supported by Edwards Air Force Base, which is located just to the south of the city. Other major sources of employment include California City Prison, Silver Saddle, and nearby cities such as Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Boron, Palmdale, and Lancaster. Temperatures range from about 33°F to about 98°F. The area where California City now exists was largely uninhabited prior to the last half century. Padre Francisco Garcés, a Franciscan missionary, camped at Castle Butte in what is now California City in 1776 during his exploration of Arizona and southern California. In the late 19th century, the Twenty Mule Team Trail, which carried loads of borax to the railhead in Mojave from mines in the east, ran through the California City area. California City had its origins in 1958 when real estate developer and sociology professor Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres of Mojave Desert land with the aim of master-planning California's next great city. He designed a model city, which he hoped would one day rival Los Angeles, around a Central Park with a 26 acre artificial lake. Growth did not happen quite as quickly as he expected. To this day a grid of crumbling paved roads, intended to lay out residential blocks, extends well beyond the developed area of the city. Most recently, "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada has been promoting real estate property for California City in infomercials as spokesperson for National Recreational Properties. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 203.6 square miles, of which, 203.6 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it (0.04%) is water. Although one of California's smaller cities in terms of population, California City is the third largest city in California by land area (34th in the United States, and 21st when consolidated city-counties are excluded). To learn more, visit the California City Website. Source: Wikipedia Image: Google Images>CalCityLand |
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