Cantil is an 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

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. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Saltdale

Saltdale, California

Saltdale is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located near Koehn Lake south-southwest of Ridgecrest near Garlock, California. It is at an elevation of 1923 feet ....

, at an elevation of 2018 feet (615 m). Cantil is located in the northern Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley

The Antelope Valley in California, United States, is located in northern Los Angeles County and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert...

 in the Fremont Valley

Fremont Valley

The Fremont Valley is a valley located in the western Mojave Desert of California.It stretches from the town of Mojave approximately 70 km northeast to the foothills of the Lava Mountains and Summit Range....

 section.

Cantil was founded as a station on the Nevada and California Railroad in 1908 or 1909. The first post office opened in 1916.

Its zip code

ZIP Code

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 is 93519 and its area code 760

Area code 760

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. Cantil is near the home of the Honda Proving Center of California

Honda Proving Center of California

Honda Proving Center of California is a test track used primarily for testing Honda and Acura automobiles. Motorcycles are also tested there. HPCC is located near Cantil, California, in Kern County...

 (HPCC), a test track used for testing new car models and motorcycles. Honda closed the test facility in April 2010. The large facility is presently for sale and future plans for the test track have not been revealed.

Parts of scenes of Universal

Universal Studios

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's 1932 horror film The Mummy

The Mummy (1932 film)

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were filmed here.

Cantil is also home to the Red Rock Elementary School and the Red Rock Community Day School, both of which help students who were not successful in the regular school system. Average rainfall is just 4.73 inches (12.01 cm). The highest temperature ever recorded in Cantil was 119°F (48.3°C) in 1972. The lowest temperature on record was just one degree, recorded in 1963. The average daily high for January is 60°F (15.6°C), with average lows of 31°F (-0.5°C). High temperatures average 103°F (39.4°C) in July with average lows of 66°F (18.8°C).