Pumpkin_Center,_Kern_County,_California

Pumpkin Center, California

Pumpkin Center, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) south-southwest of downtown Bakersfield,[2] at an elevation of 351 feet (107 m).[1]

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Pumpkin Center is located at the intersection of Highways 99 and 119 (Taft Highway). On both Interstate 5 and Highway 99, there is signage at the Highway 119 exit directing travelers to Pumpkin Center.

A post office opened in Pumpkin Center in 1945.[2]

Pumpkin Center is the birthplace of Guy Madison (1922 – 1996), an American film, television, and radio actor.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pumpkin Center, California
  2. [2]
    Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1092. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. [3]
    Prickette, James (January 20, 2012). Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns. ISBN 9781469144290. Retrieved December 29, 2020.


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