Isabella is a former settlement in
Kern County
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county sp ...
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California
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It was located north-northeast of
Bodfish,
at an elevation of 2516 feet (767 m).
The site was
inundate
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d by
Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two f ...
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In 1953, the U. S. Corps of Engineers built earthen dams across two forks of the Kern River to create the Isabella reservoir, Kern County's largest body of water year round with a surface area of 11,200 acres.
A post office operated at the original site of Isabella from 1896 to 1953, then at the relocated site from 1953 until the name was changed to
Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two f ...
in 1957.
The town was founded by Steven Barton in 1893 and named in honor of
Queen Isabella of Spain while her name was popular during the
1893 Columbian Exposition.
References
Destroyed towns
Former settlements in Kern County, California
Kern River Valley
Submerged settlements in the United States
1896 establishments in California
1954 disestablishments in California
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