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GNIS feature IDs. 1661428, 2411873. Website. www.shafter.com. Shafter is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) west-northwest of Bakersfield. [4] The population was 16,988 at the 2010 census, up from 12,736 at the 2000 census. The city is located along State Route 43.
Medal of Honor. William Rufus Shafter (October 16, 1835 – November 12, 1906) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shafter also played a prominent part as a major general in the Spanish–American War.
Fort Shafter. / 21.345; -157.884. Fort Shafter is a census-designated place [1] located in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawai‘i. It is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific, which commands most Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region with the exception of Korea. Geographically, Fort Shafter extends up the interfluve (ridgeline ...
35°30′11″N 119°10′56″W / . 35.5031°N 119.1823°W. / 35.5031; -119.1823. Type. Aviation museum. Website. www .minterfieldairmuseum .com. The Minter Field Air Museum is an aviation museum located at the Shafter Airport in Shafter, California focused on the history of Minter Field Army Airfield .
October 17, 1997. The Shafter Cotton Research Station is a California Historical Landmark, located at 17053 Shafter Avenue just north of the town of Shafter, California. Built in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the station became California Historical Landmark No. 1022 on March 3, 1997. That same year, on October 17, the ...
The company is working with local officials on plans for a new highway that would route trucks away from central Shafter. It also plans to funnel at least $120 million into an inland rail terminal ...
Tulare Lake ( / tʊˈlɛəri / ⓘ) or Tache Lake ( Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. [2] For thousands of years, from the Paleolithic onward, Tulare Lake was a uniquely ...
Mexican Colony ( Spanish: La Colonia Mexicana de Shafter or simply Colonia Mexicana) [4] [5] is a census-designated place [6] in Kern County, California. [2] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Shafter, [7] at an elevation of 331 feet (101 m). [2] The population was 283 at the 2020 census.