Cinco (

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for "Five") is an

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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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. It is located on the southwestern edge of

Fremont Valley The Fremont Valley is a valley located in the western Mojave Desert of California. It stretches from the town of Mojave approximately 70 km northeast to the foothills of the Lava Mountains and Summit Range. The valley is home to Koehn Dry ...

, east of and at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, south of

Red Rock Canyon State Park (California) Red Rock Canyon State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park consists of approximately within the Mojave Sector of the Tehachapi District of ...

. at an elevation of 2149 feet (655 m). It is southwest of Cantil, California and east of Cross Mountain. Cinco was founded as a

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in the early 20th century for workers on the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct).

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Populated places in the Mojave Desert Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California Los Angeles Aqueduct Unincorporated communities in California {{KernCountyCA-geo-stub