McKittrick, California
| McKittrick | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location in Kern County and the state of California |
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 McKittrick
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| Coordinates: 35°18′20″N 119°37′21″W / 35.30556°N 119.62250°WCoordinates: 35°18′20″N 119°37′21″W / 35.30556°N 119.62250°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Kern |
| Government | |
| • Senate | Roy Ashburn (R) |
| • Assembly | Jean Fuller (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | Kevin McCarthy (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.617 sq mi (6.778 km2) |
| • Land | 2.617 sq mi (6.778 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 1,056 ft (322 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 115 |
| • Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 93251 |
| Area code(s) | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-44924 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0245709 |
McKittrick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. McKittrick is located 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1056 feet (322 m). The population was 115 at the 2010 census, down from 160 at the 2000 census.
McKittrick is located at 35°18′20″N 119°37′21″W / 35.30556°N 119.62250°W. It is at the junction of State Routes 33 and 58.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all of it land.
The town is in the center of a large oil-producing region in western Kern County. Along State Route 33 to the south of the town is the Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the second-largest oil field in the contiguous United States; within the town itself, as well as to the west is the McKittrick Field; to the northwest is the huge Cymric Field; and along Highway 33 beyond Cymric is the large South Belridge Oil Field, run by Aera Energy LLC. East of McKittrick is Occidental Petroleum's Elk Hills Field, formerly the U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve.
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