Pond is an
unincorporated community in
Kern County,
California, United States.
It is located north of
Wasco Wasco is the name of four places in the United States:
Places United States
* Wasco, California, a city in California
** Wasco State Prison, located in Wasco, California
* Wasco, Illinois, a former hamlet (unincorporated town) in Illinois, now pa ...
,
at an elevation of .
Pond was established around 1889.
A post office opened at Pond in 1912.
's song "The Train Never Stops At Our Town," was written by nearby
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...
resident,
Dallas Frazier, about the struggle of life in Pond, and how difficult it was to leave the "Poor Man's Valley" (
San Joaquin Valley) compounded by the fact the train did not stop in Pond.
References
Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California
Populated places established in 1889
Unincorporated communities in California
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