Spellacy, California
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Coordinates: 35°06′47″N 119°28′17″W / 35.11306°N 119.47139°WCoordinates: 35°06′47″N 119°28′17″W / 35.11306°N 119.47139°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Kern County |
Elevation | 1,676 ft (511 m) |
Spellacy is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) northwest of Maricopa[2] and 2.20 miles (3.5 km) southwest of Taft at an elevation of 1,676 feet (511 m).[1]
No permanent residents live in Spellacy. It is a named location within one of the more active operational zones of the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field, and takes its name from one of the most prolific producing formations of the field, the Spellacy Sands, discovered in 1900.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spellacy, California
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1109. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ California Oil and Gas Fields. Sacramento: California Department of Conservation. 1998. p. 283. Search this book on
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