Bonds Corner (formerly, Bends Corner) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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a short distance east of

Calexico Calexico () is a city in southern Imperial County, California. Situated on the Mexican border, it is linked economically with the much larger city of Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. It is about east of San Dieg ...

California State Route 98 State Route 98 (SR 98) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It is a loop of Interstate 8 (I-8) running west to east south of the Interstate through the border city of Calexico. It passes through the city of Calexico and ends east ...

and north of the international border with

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. A United States

port of entry In general, a port of entry (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has border control, border security staff and facilities to check passports and visas and to inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not impo ...

for trucks entering and exiting the country is located along nearby

California State Route 7 State Route 7 (SR 7) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, running from the Calexico East Port of Entry on the border with Mexico east of Calexico north to its terminus at Interstate 8 (I-8), where Orchard Road contin ...

. Bonds Corner is located east of

, at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m). A post office operated at Bonds Corner from 1929 to 1930. The name honors Dr. J. L. Bond, homesteader.

References

Unincorporated communities in Imperial County, California El Centro metropolitan area Imperial Valley Populated places in the Colorado Desert Unincorporated communities in California {{ImperialCountyCA-geo-stub