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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Lerdo, California

Lerdo (Spanish for "Dull") is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 417 feet (127 m).

A post office operated at Lerdo from 1890 to 1894.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lerdo, California
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 185.
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1061. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.