Aerial Acres, California Explained

Aerial Acres
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in California
Pushpin Image:California Locator Map with US.PNG
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kern County
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:93523
Coordinates:35.0878°N -117.7919°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:740
Elevation Ft:2428

Aerial Acres is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.

It is located 5.5miles east-southeast of Castle Butte, near the Clay Mine Road exit off State Highway 58 in Edwards,[2] at an elevation of . The US Post Office recognizes the community name in Zip Code 93523, which is shared with Edwards and North Edwards.UnitedStatesZipCodes.org, Retrieved December 12, 2023.

Aerial Acres was described in the 1990s as "a small group of homes and trailers".Mitchell, James. R. (1996). Gem Trails of Southern California, Gem Guides Book Company, p. 90. According to a 1997 profile of the community in The Bakersfield Californian, there were about 300 residents, half being retirees, the other half working at either U.S. Borax or Edwards Air Force Base. The article described the community as being founded by happenstance in the 1950s after it was discovered that a well dug for a sheep ranch was actually 100 feet west of the ranch property line. Since there was a water source, a developer bought a half-square mile lot and subdivided it, and it was named "Aerial Acres" because it sits 300 feet above North Edwards.Kehe, Andy (October 5, 1997). "God's little acres", The Bakersfield Californian, pp. F10, F16. Phone service was established in 1966.[3]

Notes and References

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  2. Curtis Darling, Kern County Place Names, second edition (2003), p. 1: "a desert town at Clay Mine Road and Sequoia".
  3. https://imgur.com/a/94xwXwC "Aerial Acres Hails Phone Installation"