Frazier Park, California
Encyclopedia
Frazier Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place
in Kern County
, California
. Frazier Park is 5 miles (8 km) west of Lebec
, at an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass
. The population was 2,691 at the 2010 census, up from 2,348 at the 2000 census.
trees for use at the new Army post at nearby Fort Tejon. Local historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane wrote that the mill was "supposedly" at the southeast end of the present community. She cited another report that a Kitanemuk
Indian referred to the site Campo del Soldado (Soldier's Camp), "which was where the soldiers stayed when they cut timber from a mountain they called Pinery Mountain, today's Frazier Mountain."
The community itself was established in 1925 by Harry McBain, who named it in 1926 for Frazier Mountain
, on its southern flank. Its post office was established on September 14, 1927, with Charles B. Fife as the first postmaster.
Frazier Park was also used in filming for The Waltons
television show.
.
Other nearby communities are Lake of the Woods
(3.6 miles), Lebec
(4.6 miles), Pine Mountain Club
(14.5 miles), and Mettler
(16.7 miles). Santa Clarita, California
. is the nearest large city. Mount Pinos is the highest peak in the area at 8831 ft (2,691.7 m).
The San Andreas
fault runs through the region, turning southeast on the west side of Interstate 5
, just southwest of the Frazier Park exit in what is known as the Big Bend of the San Andreas.
The nearest highway is Interstate 5
, west of the community. The main road through Frazier Park is Frazier Park Mountain Road, which runs west to Lebec and I-5 and east to Lake of the Woods.
was 531.2 people per square mile (205.1/km²). The racial makeup of Frazier Park was 2,297 (85.4%) White, 16 (0.6%) African American, 31 (1.2%) Native American, 22 (0.8%) Asian, 3 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 212 (7.9%) from other races
, and 110 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 528 persons (19.6%).
The Census reported that 2,691 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,086 households, out of which 342 (31.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 487 (44.8%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 116 (10.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 69 (6.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 83 (7.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 7 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 312 households (28.7%) were made up of individuals and 97 (8.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48. There were 672 families
(61.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.08.
The population was spread out with 643 people (23.9%) under the age of 18, 243 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 616 people (22.9%) aged 25 to 44, 874 people (32.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 315 people (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.4 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.
There were 1,354 housing units at an average density of 267.3 per square mile (103.2/km²), of which 673 (62.0%) were owner-occupied, and 413 (38.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.0%. 1,627 people (60.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,064 people (39.5%) lived in rental housing units.
. Other residents included 34 American Indians
or Alaska natives
, 19 Asians
, and 14 blacks
. There were 292 Hispanics
or Latinos
of any race.
The median age for Frazier Park residents was 38 years compared with 35 for the nation as a whole.
Frazier Park also had slightly more veterans than its share — 293, or 17 percent, compared to 13 percent around the country.
It had a significantly higher percentage of disabled people than the rest of the nation — 36 percent against 19 percent.
In contrast with the country at large, where 64 percent of the adults were working, Frazier Park had just 48 percent employed. Those who were working had to travel some 42 minutes to their jobs, compared to 25 minutes for most Americans.
Frazier Park households had a lower median income than the nation as a whole — $46,857, compared to $50,046.
There were 291 people (or 12 percent) below the poverty level in Frazier Park in 2000. That is the same proportion as the country as a whole.
Almost a quarter of Frazier Park's 1,203 housing units (23 percent) were vacant when the census was taken in March 2000 — much higher than the national rate of 9 percent. This may be explained by the fact that many Frazier Park properties are second or seasonal homes. Property owners lived in about seven of every 10 occupied units, renters in the other three — just about the same as in the rest of the nation.
The five members he selected for initial appointment were Stacey Havener, Linda MacKay, Steve Newman,
Robert Peterson, and Anne Weber. “These individuals were selected based on demonstrated leadership, community service and broad representation of community interests and geographic areas," Watson said. "We are leaving open the option to extend membership to seven at some point depending on the need to represent additional interests within the communities.
Havener, a real estate broker and president of the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce, lives in Pine Mountain Club. MacKay of Frazier Park works for the Family Resource Center. She has served two terms on the Mountain Communities Town Council, one term as president. She is one of the original group that researched and suggested the formation of MCMAC. Newman, retired after 34 years as a sergeant of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department, lives in Frazier Park. He has been a member of the El Tejon Unified School District Board for nine years, four of them as chairman. Peterson of Lebec works for Tejon Ranch. He has 28 years of experience in real estate, land planning, economic development and maintenance of sustainable development standards. He serves on the Tehachapi Fire Safety Council. Weber lives in Frazier Park. She established the Mountain Communities Family Resource Center in 1999.
. Frazier Park Elementary School
is the only non-charter school that lies within Frazier Park; it educates children in kindergarten through third grade. El Tejon Middle School
in Lebec takes district students from the fourth through the eighth grade. Frazier Mountain High School, also in Lebec, was founded in 1995 for ninth- through 12th-graders.
Home-schooling is important in Frazier Park and surrounding areas, according to a March 2008 report in the Mountain Enterprise, which added:
Frazier Park hosts a branch of the Charter Oaks Community Charter School, headquartered in Bakersfield. The charter school is designed to "provide opportunities, support, and accountability for parents in their homeschooling endeavors."
provides bus service Mondays through Saturdays during the summer months to Lebec
, Gorman
, Lake of the Woods
, Pinon Pines
, and Pine Mountain Club
. It offers a dial-a-ride service
all year. Connections can be made in Lebec to a scheduled service via Kern Regional Transit to Bakersfield
or via Amtrak bus
to Newhall
and further connection in those cities to Greyhound
and Amtrak train
in Bakersfield or MetroLink
in Newhall.
) 245-xxxx. The ZIP Code is 93225.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
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...
. Frazier Park is 5 miles (8 km) west of Lebec
Lebec, California
Lebec is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, and the home of the Tejon Ranch Company. Lebec is south of Bakersfield. The population was 1,468 in the 2010 census, up from 1,224 in...
, at an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass
Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass
The Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, or the Frazier Mountain Communities, in the San Emigdio Mountains is a region of California that includes Lebec, Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Lockwood Valley, Pinon Pines, and Pine Mountain Club, in Kern County, California, and Gorman in Los Angeles...
. The population was 2,691 at the 2010 census, up from 2,348 at the 2000 census.
History
The earliest record relating to Frazier Park was a report in 1854 that lumber was being produced there from Frazier MountainFrazier Mountain
Frazier Mountain is a broad, pine-forested peak in the Transverse Ranges within the Los Padres National Forest, in Ventura County, California. At , Frazier is the fifth-highest mountain in the Transverse Ranges of Southern California....
trees for use at the new Army post at nearby Fort Tejon. Local historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane wrote that the mill was "supposedly" at the southeast end of the present community. She cited another report that a Kitanemuk
Kitanemuk
The Kitanemuk were a Native American tribe and people who lived in the Tehachapi Mountains and the Antelope Valley area of the western Mojave Desert of southern California, United States.-Language:...
Indian referred to the site Campo del Soldado (Soldier's Camp), "which was where the soldiers stayed when they cut timber from a mountain they called Pinery Mountain, today's Frazier Mountain."
The community itself was established in 1925 by Harry McBain, who named it in 1926 for Frazier Mountain
Frazier Mountain
Frazier Mountain is a broad, pine-forested peak in the Transverse Ranges within the Los Padres National Forest, in Ventura County, California. At , Frazier is the fifth-highest mountain in the Transverse Ranges of Southern California....
, on its southern flank. Its post office was established on September 14, 1927, with Charles B. Fife as the first postmaster.
Frazier Park was also used in filming for The Waltons
The Waltons
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
television show.
Geography
Frazier Park lies within Cuddy Canyon inside the Los Padres National ForestLos Padres National Forest
Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland...
.
Other nearby communities are Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods, California
Lake of the Woods is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The population was 917 at the 2010 census, up from 833 at the 2000 census. The community is contained in Cuddy Canyon along the Ventura and Kern County line inside the Los Padres National Forest. It...
(3.6 miles), Lebec
Lebec, California
Lebec is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, and the home of the Tejon Ranch Company. Lebec is south of Bakersfield. The population was 1,468 in the 2010 census, up from 1,224 in...
(4.6 miles), Pine Mountain Club
Pine Mountain Club, California
Pine Mountain Club is an unincorporated private community and census-designated place in Kern County, California, northwest of the San Fernando Valley and west of Gorman. It is one of the mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, and sits in a deep valley on the San Andreas fault, in the same area...
(14.5 miles), and Mettler
Mettler, California
Mettler, or Mettler Station, is a heavily Hispanic, low-income unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The population was 136 at the 2010 census, down from 157 at the 2000 census...
(16.7 miles). Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...
. is the nearest large city. Mount Pinos is the highest peak in the area at 8831 ft (2,691.7 m).
The San Andreas
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a continental strike-slip fault that runs a length of roughly through California in the United States. The fault's motion is right-lateral strike-slip...
fault runs through the region, turning southeast on the west side of Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
, just southwest of the Frazier Park exit in what is known as the Big Bend of the San Andreas.
The nearest highway is Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
, west of the community. The main road through Frazier Park is Frazier Park Mountain Road, which runs west to Lebec and I-5 and east to Lake of the Woods.
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Frazier Park had a population of 2,691. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 531.2 people per square mile (205.1/km²). The racial makeup of Frazier Park was 2,297 (85.4%) White, 16 (0.6%) African American, 31 (1.2%) Native American, 22 (0.8%) Asian, 3 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 212 (7.9%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 110 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 528 persons (19.6%).
The Census reported that 2,691 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,086 households, out of which 342 (31.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 487 (44.8%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 116 (10.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 69 (6.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 83 (7.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 7 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 312 households (28.7%) were made up of individuals and 97 (8.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48. There were 672 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(61.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.08.
The population was spread out with 643 people (23.9%) under the age of 18, 243 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 616 people (22.9%) aged 25 to 44, 874 people (32.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 315 people (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.4 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.
There were 1,354 housing units at an average density of 267.3 per square mile (103.2/km²), of which 673 (62.0%) were owner-occupied, and 413 (38.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.0%. 1,627 people (60.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,064 people (39.5%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
A total of 2,348 people lived in Frazier Park in 2000, of which 2,055 (87 percent) were whiteRace (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
. Other residents included 34 American Indians
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
or Alaska natives
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.-History:In 1912 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded...
, 19 Asians
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 14 blacks
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
. There were 292 Hispanics
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
or Latinos
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
of any race.
The median age for Frazier Park residents was 38 years compared with 35 for the nation as a whole.
Frazier Park also had slightly more veterans than its share — 293, or 17 percent, compared to 13 percent around the country.
It had a significantly higher percentage of disabled people than the rest of the nation — 36 percent against 19 percent.
In contrast with the country at large, where 64 percent of the adults were working, Frazier Park had just 48 percent employed. Those who were working had to travel some 42 minutes to their jobs, compared to 25 minutes for most Americans.
Frazier Park households had a lower median income than the nation as a whole — $46,857, compared to $50,046.
There were 291 people (or 12 percent) below the poverty level in Frazier Park in 2000. That is the same proportion as the country as a whole.
Almost a quarter of Frazier Park's 1,203 housing units (23 percent) were vacant when the census was taken in March 2000 — much higher than the national rate of 9 percent. This may be explained by the fact that many Frazier Park properties are second or seasonal homes. Property owners lived in about seven of every 10 occupied units, renters in the other three — just about the same as in the rest of the nation.
Government
Frazier Park is governed by the Board of Supervisors of Kern County. On August 13, 2009, County Supervisor Ray Watson announced that he wanted to appoint an advisory council to assist him in the governance of the area, which includes Frazier Park, Lebec, Fort Tejon and Tejon Village, Pinon Pines, Lake of the Woods, and Pine Mountain Club. A resolution to form the Mountain Communities Municipal Advisory Council and its bylaws would be brought to the Kern County Board of Supervisors for approval, he said.The five members he selected for initial appointment were Stacey Havener, Linda MacKay, Steve Newman,
Robert Peterson, and Anne Weber. “These individuals were selected based on demonstrated leadership, community service and broad representation of community interests and geographic areas," Watson said. "We are leaving open the option to extend membership to seven at some point depending on the need to represent additional interests within the communities.
Havener, a real estate broker and president of the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce, lives in Pine Mountain Club. MacKay of Frazier Park works for the Family Resource Center. She has served two terms on the Mountain Communities Town Council, one term as president. She is one of the original group that researched and suggested the formation of MCMAC. Newman, retired after 34 years as a sergeant of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department, lives in Frazier Park. He has been a member of the El Tejon Unified School District Board for nine years, four of them as chairman. Peterson of Lebec works for Tejon Ranch. He has 28 years of experience in real estate, land planning, economic development and maintenance of sustainable development standards. He serves on the Tehachapi Fire Safety Council. Weber lives in Frazier Park. She established the Mountain Communities Family Resource Center in 1999.
Education
The community is a part of the El Tejon Unified School DistrictEl Tejon Unified School District
The El Tejon Unified School District serves kindergarten-through-12th-grade students in the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, which include Frazier Park, Lebec, and Pine Mountain Club in the southern mountains of Kern County, California...
. Frazier Park Elementary School
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
is the only non-charter school that lies within Frazier Park; it educates children in kindergarten through third grade. El Tejon Middle School
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in Lebec takes district students from the fourth through the eighth grade. Frazier Mountain High School, also in Lebec, was founded in 1995 for ninth- through 12th-graders.
Home-schooling is important in Frazier Park and surrounding areas, according to a March 2008 report in the Mountain Enterprise, which added:
Per capita, the Mountain Communities may have one of the highest rates of homeschooling in the state, far above the national average of 2 to 4 percent, Holly Van Houten . . . [a home-school parent of the area] said. Estimates range between 8 and 30 percent—somewhere between 100 and 400 children, she reports.
Frazier Park hosts a branch of the Charter Oaks Community Charter School, headquartered in Bakersfield. The charter school is designed to "provide opportunities, support, and accountability for parents in their homeschooling endeavors."
Transportation
Kern Regional TransitKern Regional Transit
Kern Regional Transit is the operator of mass transportation in Kern County, California. Primarily, it provides inter-regional transportation, connecting outlying regions with the City of Bakersfield...
provides bus service Mondays through Saturdays during the summer months to Lebec
Lebec, California
Lebec is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, and the home of the Tejon Ranch Company. Lebec is south of Bakersfield. The population was 1,468 in the 2010 census, up from 1,224 in...
, Gorman
Gorman, California
Gorman, California, is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County. As of 2005 it had just 15 homes and a few registered voters, but tens of thousands of motorists traveled through it daily on the Interstate 5 freeway....
, Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods, California
Lake of the Woods is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The population was 917 at the 2010 census, up from 833 at the 2000 census. The community is contained in Cuddy Canyon along the Ventura and Kern County line inside the Los Padres National Forest. It...
, Pinon Pines
Pinon Pines Estates, California
Pinon Pines Estates is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, and part of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. It lies at an elevation of 5,561 feet .....
, and Pine Mountain Club
Pine Mountain Club, California
Pine Mountain Club is an unincorporated private community and census-designated place in Kern County, California, northwest of the San Fernando Valley and west of Gorman. It is one of the mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, and sits in a deep valley on the San Andreas fault, in the same area...
. It offers a dial-a-ride service
Paratransit
Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....
all year. Connections can be made in Lebec to a scheduled service via Kern Regional Transit to Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....
or via Amtrak bus
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
to Newhall
Newhall, California
Newhall is the southernmost and oldest district of Santa Clarita, California. Prior to the 1987 consolidation of Valencia, Canyon Country, Saugus, Newhall, and other geographically proximate settlements into the conglomerate city of Santa Clarita, it was an independent but unincorporated town...
and further connection in those cities to Greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...
and Amtrak train
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
in Bakersfield or MetroLink
Metrolink (Southern California)
Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....
in Newhall.
Communications
Wired telephone numbers in Frazier Park follow the format (661Area code 661
North American area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, as well as part of Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Tulare County...
) 245-xxxx. The ZIP Code is 93225.
See also
- The Mountain Enterprise newspaperMountain EnterpriseThe is a weekly newspaper circulating in the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains region of California, midway between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Its sister publication is The New Mountain Pioneer, published monthly....
, which circulates in Frazier Park and the surrounding areaMountain Communities of the Tejon PassThe Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, or the Frazier Mountain Communities, in the San Emigdio Mountains is a region of California that includes Lebec, Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Lockwood Valley, Pinon Pines, and Pine Mountain Club, in Kern County, California, and Gorman in Los Angeles...
. - 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
Newspapers
- The Mountain Enterprise, weekly newspaper
- The Bakersfield Californian The Californian discontinued circulation in the Mountain Communities effective May 1, 2009. Source: Mountain Enterprise, April 3, 2009