Johannesburg (Calif.)
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מספר מערכת
987007491852605171
Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
יוהנסבורג (קליפורניה)
Name (Latin)
Johannesburg (Calif.)
Coordinates
-117.63889 -117.63889 35.36944 35.36944 (gooearth )
W1173805 W1173805 N0352222 N0352222 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Merchant Maps (Firm). Maps of Ridgecrest, China Lake, Inyokern, Argus & Trona area, Johannesburg & Randsburg, California, c1985:map recto (Johannesburg)
- GNIS, June 29, 2001(Johannesburg, Kern and San Bernardino counties)
Wikipedia description:
Johannesburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, in a mining district of the Rand Mountains. Johannesburg is located 1 mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of Randsburg, at an elevation of 3,517 feet (1,072 m). The terminus of the Randsburg Railway was here from 1897 to 1933. The population was 172 at the 2010 census, down from 176 at the 2000 census. Johannesburg is divided from the neighboring community of Randsburg by a ridge. The town is frequently referred to as "Jo-burg" by locals and frequent visitors to the northwest Mojave Desert.
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