City of Maricopa | |
|---|---|
 Northern city limit of Maricopa; the fire in the center is a gas flare from an active oil well | |
 Location in Kern County and the state of California | |
  City of Maricopa Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°03′32″N 119°24′03″W / 35.05889°N 119.40083°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Kern |
| Incorporated | July 25, 1911[1] |
| Named for | Exonym given to the Quechan by the Akimel O'odham |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Melissa Hurtado (D)[2] |
| • Assemblymember | Tom Lackey (R)[3] |
| • U. S. Rep. | Jay Obernolte (R)[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2) |
| • Land | 1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 883 ft (269 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,026 |
| • Density | 680/sq mi (260/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 93252 |
| Area code | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-45736 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652749, 2411033 |
| Website | www |
Maricopa is a city in Kern County, California. Maricopa is located 6.5 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Taft,[8] at an elevation of 883 feet (269 m).[6] The population was 1,154 at the 2010 census, up from 1,111 at the 2000 census. The Carrizo Plain is located to the northwest, and the enormous Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the third largest oil field in the United States, is adjacent on the north and east.
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- ^ "Senators". State of California. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "California's 23rd Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
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- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1068. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.