Lake Isabella | |
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![]() Location in Kern County and the state of California | |
Coordinates: 35°37′05″N 118°28′23″W / 35.61806°N 118.47306°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Kern |
Government | |
• State senator | Melissa Hurtado (D)[1] |
• Assemblymember | Evan Low (D)[1] |
• U. S. rep. | Jay Obernolte (R)[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 22.148 sq mi (57.337 km2) |
• Land | 21.714 sq mi (56.239 km2) |
• Water | 0.424 sq mi (1.098 km2) 1.9% |
Elevation | 2,513 ft (766 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,573 |
• Density | 160/sq mi (62/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 93240 |
Area codes | 442/760 |
FIPS code | 06-39570 |
GNIS feature ID | 1652739 |
Lake Isabella (formerly, Isabella)[4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States. It is named after the Lake Isabella reservoir and located at its southwestern edge, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Wofford Heights in the Kern River Valley.
The town of Lake Isabella is located 35 miles (56 km) east-northeast of Bakersfield,[6] at an elevation of 2,513 feet (766 m).[4] The population was 3,466 at the 2010 census, up from 3,315 at the 2000 census.