Panama
Unincorporated community
Panama is located in California
Panama
Panama
Location in California
Panama is located in the United States
Panama
Panama
Panama (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°16′01″N 119°03′24″W / 35.26694°N 119.05667°W / 35.26694; -119.05667
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyKern County
Elevation
[1]
351 ft (107 m)

Panama, formerly named Rio Bravo after the Spanish name for the Kern River, Rio Bravo de San Felipe, is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Bakersfield,[2] at an elevation of 351 feet (107 m) in the San Joaquin Valley.[1]

A post office operated at Panama from 1874 to 1876.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Panama, California
  2. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1085. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.



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