Rosamond, California

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census-designated place unincorporated community

Rosamond, California is a small Mojave Desert community in Kern County known for its proximity to major aerospace and military testing facilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 661 ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen BWh ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Kern County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
countySeatOf none ⓘ
distanceTo about 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2400 feet ⓘ
approximately 730 meters ⓘ
governingBody Kern County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasHighSchool Rosamond High School ⓘ
hasLocalNewspaper Rosamond News ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Edwards Air Force Base test ranges

aerospace testing facilities ⓘ
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Rosamond Dry Lake ⓘ
Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ
incorporationStatus unincorporated ⓘ
locatedIn Mojave Desert ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Bakersfield ⓘ
surface form: Bakersfield metropolitan area
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
locatedOn western edge of the Mojave Desert ⓘ
majorEconomicSector aerospace ⓘ
commuter residential community ⓘ
military support services ⓘ
namedAfter Rosamond Lake ⓘ
near Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
Lancaster, California ⓘ
Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ
Palmdale, California ⓘ
nearestMajorAirport Los Angeles International Airport ⓘ
nearestMajorMilitaryInstallation Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
nearestRegionalAirport Palmdale Regional Airport ⓘ
partOf Antelope Valley ⓘ
population approximately 18,000 (2010 census) ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2010 ⓘ
postalCode 93560 ⓘ
primaryLandUse desert open space ⓘ
light commercial ⓘ
residential ⓘ
region Southern California ⓘ
servedBySchoolDistrict Southern Kern Unified School District ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
timeZoneDST Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
transportInfrastructure California State Route 14 ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ

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Edwards Air Force Base → locatedNear → Rosamond, California ⓘ
Mojave, California → near → Rosamond, California ⓘ