Mojave (formerly Mohave) is an unincorporated community in Kern
County, California, United States. Mojave is located 50 miles (80 km)
east of Bakersfield, and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of California City, at
an elevation of 2,762 feet (842 m). The town is located in the
southwestern region of the Mojave Desert, below and east of Oak Creek
Pass and the Tehachapi Mountains.The population was 4,238 at the 2010
census, up from 3,836 at the 2000 census. Telephone numbers in Mojave
follow the format (661) 824-xxxx and the area includes three postal
ZIP Codes.The town of Mojave began in 1876 as a construction camp on
the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, the town was the
western terminus of the 165-mile (266 km), twenty-mule team at Harmony
Borax Works in Death Valley. It later served as headquarters for
construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.Located near, Edwards Air
Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Palmdale
Regional Airport, Mojave has a rich aerospace history. Besides being a
general-use public airport, Mojave has three main areas of activity:
flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy
maintenance and storage. The closest airfield to the city, formerly
known as the Mojave Airport, is now part of the Mojave Air and Space
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