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Bakersfield was founded in 1869 by Colonel Thomas Baker, who reclaimed marshland along the Kern River, and the town was named after his alfalfa field — literally "Baker's field" — which served as a stopover for travelers.

Bakersfield is the county seat of Kern County, at the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, roughly halfway between Fresno and Los Angeles.

Oil was discovered at the Kern River Oil Field in 1899, and Bakersfield is still known as the oil capital of California — Kern County is the most oil-productive county in the United States.

Bakersfield is also an agricultural giant in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive farming regions in the world, and it is home to the world's largest carrot producer.

Bakersfield gave country music the "Bakersfield Sound" in the 1950s and 1960s, a raw, electric style pioneered by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard as an alternative to the polished Nashville sound.

Buck Owens opened his Crystal Palace music venue, restaurant, and museum in Bakersfield in 1996, and the city is nicknamed California's Country Music Capital and "Nashville West."

Bakersfield had 403,455 residents in the 2020 census, up from 347,483 in 2010, making it one of California's largest inland cities.

Bakersfield has about 129,625 households, with an average of 3.14 people per household, and about 60.6% of its homes are owner-occupied.

Students in Bakersfield attend California State University, Bakersfield, founded in 1965, and Bakersfield College, a community college founded in 1913.

The Kern River runs through Bakersfield, and the city grew up around the irrigation system that turned the surrounding desert valley into farmland.