Actis (formerly, Highberg, Rummington, and Gloster) is an

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. It is located north of Rosamond, at an elevation of . It is situated between Mojave and Rosamond at Backus Road and

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.Curtis Darling, ''Kern County Place Names,'' second edition (2003), page 1 The Highberg post office opened in 1917, changed its name to Rummington in 1918, and closed for good in 1927.

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