Pumpkin Center, California | |
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 |
Coordinates: | 35.2669°N -119.0333°W |
Elevation M: | 107 |
Elevation Ft: | 351 |
Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 7.5miles south-southwest of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of .
Pumpkin Center is located at the intersection of Highways 99 and 119 (Taft Highway). On both Interstate 5 and Highway 99, there is signage at the Highway 119 exit directing travelers to Pumpkin Center.
A post office opened in Pumpkin Center in 1945.
Pumpkin Center is the birthplace of Guy Madison (1922 – 1996), an American film, television, and radio actor.[1]