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Kelso | |
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 Historic Kelso Depot | |
  Kelso Location in the state of California  Kelso Kelso (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°0′45″N 115°39′13″W / 35.01250°N 115.65361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Elevation | 2,126 ft (648 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 92309 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-38058 |
| GNIS feature ID | 244232 |
Kelso is a ghost town and defunct railroad depot in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California, USA. It was named after railroad worker John H. Kelso, whose name was placed into a hat along with two other workers to decide the name of the town. The town was built in 1905 specifically as a railroad station along the rail line between Utah and Los Angeles, originally called "Siding 16," because of its location and nearby springs that provided abundant water. Historic Spots in California states, "At Kelso stands a beautiful Spanish-style Union Pacific Depot built about 1906, surrounded by shade trees, a welcome rarity in the hot, barren desert."[2]
- ^ "Kelso". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Abeloe, William N. (1966). Historic Spots in California (3rd ed.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 327.