Neenach, California
| Neenach | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Location of Neenach in Los Angeles County, California. |
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 Neenach
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| Coordinates: 34°46′33″N 118°34′06″W / 34.77583°N 118.56833°WCoordinates: 34°46′33″N 118°34′06″W / 34.77583°N 118.56833°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 California
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| County | Los Angeles |
| Elevation | 901 m (2,956 ft) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 661 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1669887 |
Neenach (/ˈniːnæk/ NEE-nak) is an agricultural settlement in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, with a population of about 800. It is facing a massive change with the proposed construction of a 23,000-home planned community to its north called Centennial.
Neenach is 34 miles northwest of Lancaster in the Antelope Valley portion of Southern California. It is 15 miles southeast of Gorman in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, and 74 miles from the county seat in downtown Los Angeles. It lies southeast of Tejon Ranch, one of California’s oldest working ranches. It lies directly on a stretch of the San Andreas Fault that is overdue for a large earthquake, and produced one of the largest earthquakes in California history back in 1857, registering an estimated 7.9 magnitude.
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Neenach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.
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