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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. Suburbs of Shafter include Myricks Corner, North Shafter, Smith Corner, and Thomas Lane.
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 ...
The museum acquired a B-25 in 1977. [1] It opened five years later. [2]The museum attempted to save the Blue Moon auditorium in 2007. [3] In December of that year, it broke ground on a new hangar.
The Shafter Cotton Research Station changed from a USDA research station to a private one in June 2012. The San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association now runs the facility. With this change, the former Shafter Cotton Research Station now works other crops, including orchard crops. Today the facility consists of a 20-acre campus, 20 ...
Originally, the route started in Ducor and traveled west on Ave. 65. It went through Earilmart to Central Valley Highway, where it joins the current route. In 1951, the route and terminus was changed from Ducor to the junction of LRN 33 (currently SR 46) and LRN 139 (current routing of SR 43) in Wasco, eliminating the route along Ave. 56.
The station was built in 1917 to serve Shafter, which was at the time a small farming community. [2] The building's design followed the "standard combination freight depot" Number 2-A plan developed by Santa Fe Railroad engineers in 1911. The design originally included a porch supported by columns, a ticket office, a waiting room, a freight ...
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.
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.