Wasco, California

Kern County

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Wasco is an American city in Kern County in the U.S. state of California. It has about 22,500 inhabitants ( as of 2004). The metropolitan area has a size of 19.7 km ².

History

Initially called Dewey or Deweyville, the city was renamed in 1900 in Wasco. The suggestion to rename came from a settler named William Bonham from the Wasco County in Oregon, who noticed that the name was already taken Deweyville.

  • Location in California
  • Location in North America
  • Kern County
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