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 40 miles (64 km) south of Bakersfield. The population was 1,468 in the 2010 census, up from 1,224 in 2000. .
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lebec has an area of 15.3 square miles (40 km). The community, which is in the Tejon Pass, lies at a...
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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 40 miles (64 km) south of Bakersfield. The population was 1,468 in the 2010 census, up from 1,224 in 2000. .
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lebec has an area of 15.3 square miles (40 km). The community, which is in the Tejon Pass, lies at an elevation of 3,481 feet (1,061 m). Interstate 5 is the only highway. Local traffic drives on Lebec Road, Peace Valley Road, Frazier Mountain Park Road and adjoining streets.
The first post office opened in 1895, having been transferred from Tejon. Lebec is named in honor of Peter Lebeck or Lebecque, who was killed by a bear nearby in 1837, and is memorialized in an epitaph at Old Fort Tejon, found carved on an old oak tree. The carving has since been covered by bark.
The 2010 United States Census reported that 1,468 people, 533 households,...
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