Facts About Bakersfield
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Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production.
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The city is also the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound.
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Bakersfield lies near the southern “horseshoe” end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east.
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The city has a total area of 143.6 sq mi, of which 142.2 sq mi is land and 1.4 sq mi is covered by water.
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The City of Bakersfield was formally incorporated in 1898.
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Grimmway Farms is the largest grower, producer, and shipper of carrots in the world and It’s headquartered in Bakersfield, California.
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Bakersfield is located in the southern part of California halfway between Fresno and Los Angeles.
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In 1776, Spanish missionary Father Francisco Garcés became the first European to explore the area of Bakersfield.
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Bakersfield has welcomed U.S. presidents during their terms of office for more than 120 years: Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Howard Taft, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
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Bakersfield is twinned with the following sister cities Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea; Wakayama, Japan; Cixi, Zhejiang, China; Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico & Amritsar, Punjab, India.
