The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBenton Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Benton Park had a population of 5,333. Although it is designated by the census as its own place, it is functionally a neighborhood of Bakersfield. The boundaries of the neighborhood of Benton Park extend further than the boundaries of the CDP.
Half of its homes were built before 1958.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Benton Park yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Benton Park’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Benton Park’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Benton Park, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.