Monolith, California

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Monolith
Unincorporated community
Monolith is located in California
Monolith
Monolith
Location in California
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Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation[1] 3,966 ft (1,209 m)

Monolith (formerly, Aqueduct)[2] is an unincorporated community in the Tehachapi Valley, in Kern County, California.[1]

The community is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Tehachapi,[2] at an elevation of 3966 feet (1209 m) in the Southern Sierra Nevada and eastern Tehachapi Pass areas.[1]

History

The Aqueduct post office opened in 1908, and changed its name to Monolith in 1910.[2]

Aqueduct−Monolith began as a camp for workers at a cement plant for the Owens Valley aqueduct project, supplying materials for the construction of concrete structures.[2] William Mulholland bestowed the name change, due to a huge limestone deposit.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monolith, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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