Lerdo (Spanish for "Dull")[2] is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Bakersfield,[3] at an elevation of 417 feet (127 m).[1]

A post office operated at Lerdo from 1890 to 1894.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 1061. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerdo,_California
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