Monolith, California

Monolith
Unincorporated community
Monolith

Location in California

Coordinates: 35°07′12″N 118°22′27″W / 35.12000°N 118.37417°W / 35.12000; -118.37417Coordinates: 35°07′12″N 118°22′27″W / 35.12000°N 118.37417°W / 35.12000; -118.37417
Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation[1] 3,966 ft (1,209 m)

Monolith (formerly, Aqueduct)[2] is an unincorporated community in the Tehachapi Valley, in Kern County, California.[1]

The community is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Tehachapi,[2] at an elevation of 3966 feet (1209 m) in the Southern Sierra Nevada and eastern Tehachapi Pass areas.[1]

History

The Aqueduct post office opened in 1908, and changed its name to Monolith in 1910.[2]

Aqueduct−Monolith began as a camp for workers at a cement plant for the Owens Valley aqueduct project, supplying materials for the construction of concrete structures.[2] William Mulholland bestowed the name change, due to a huge limestone deposit.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monolith, California
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1074. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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