Baker is a former unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Kern County

Kern County, California

Spreading across the southern end of the California Central Valley, Kern County is the fifth-largest county by population in California. Its economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction, and there is a strong aviation and space presence. Politically, it has generally...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It was located in the Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...

, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northwest of Boron

Boron, California

Boron is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Boron is located east-southeast of Castle Butte, at an elevation of 2467 feet . The population was 2,253 at the 2010 census, up from 2,025 at the 2000 census...

, at an elevation of 2503 feet (763 m). Baker was 1.25 miles (2 km) east of West Baker, California

West Baker, California

West Baker is a former settlement in Kern County, California.It was located northwest of Boron and west of Baker, Kern County, California, at an elevation of 2447 feet ....

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A post office operated at Baker for a time around 1954.

If the county is not specified, it would normally be taken to mean the town of Baker

Baker, California

Baker is a census-designated place located in San Bernardino County, California, USA. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 735.Baker was founded as a station on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad in 1908,...

 in San Bernardino County, approximately 90 miles (144.8 km) easterly.