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Edison
Unincorporated community
Edison field, Racetrack Hill area, showing steam expansion loops and widely dispersed wells.
Edison field, Racetrack Hill area, showing steam expansion loops and widely dispersed wells.
Edison is located in California
Edison
Edison
Location in California
Edison is located in the United States
Edison
Edison
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation
568 ft (173 m)
ZIP code
93307
Area code(s) 661

Edison (formerly, Wade) is an unincorporated community in the Tehachapi mountains of Kern County, California. It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) east-southeast of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of 568 feet (173 m).

In 1902, the Edison Electric Company built a substation on the site. The Southern Pacific Railroad arrived at Wade in 1903, and changed the name to Edison. In 1928 oil was found nearby, and the Edison Oil Field gradually developed, peaking in the 1950s. The community is within the administrative boundaries of the oilfield, and active wells surround the town.

The Edison post office opened in 1903, closed in 1929, and re-opened in 1946.

  • Aerial - Edison, CA 01

    Aerial view of Edison from the east-northeast

  • Edison, Kern County, California. The town of Edison, a potato town in a nearly developing large-scal . . . - NARA - 521781

    Potato farm in Edison, 1940

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