Weedpatch (formerly, Weed Patch and Alexander's Corner) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. Weedpatch is located 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 387 feet (118 m). As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,658, down from 2,726 reported at the 2000 census.
Weedpatch is located off State Route 184 (Weedpatch Highway) southeast of...
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Weedpatch (formerly, Weed Patch and Alexander's Corner) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. Weedpatch is located 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 387 feet (118 m). As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,658, down from 2,726 reported at the 2000 census.
Weedpatch is located off State Route 184 (Weedpatch Highway) southeast of Bakersfield, south of Lamont, and about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of State Route 58, the Bakersfield - Tehachapi Highway.
Weedpatch is the location of the Arvin Federal Government Camp, known colloquially (and in the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath) as "Weedpatch Camp." This camp was a government rescue center for distressed migrant workers fleeing the Oklahoma Dust Bowl agricultural disaster, during the Great Depression. The camp still aids migrants today.
Weedpatch is located at 35°14′17″N 118°54′54″W / 35.23806°N 118.915°W / 35...
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