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History · Lakeside

Lakeside’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Lakeside. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lakeside is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 843.

Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lakeside 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lakeside’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Lakeside

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Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyBakersfield · 9 miJDJonathan DavisBakersfield · 9 miMerle HaggardMerle HaggardBakersfield · 9 miRobert BeltranRobert BeltranBakersfield · 9 miJames "Munky" ShafferJames "Munky" ShafferRosedale · 13 miKGKelli GarnerBakersfield · 9 mi
By decade

Lakeside, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lakeside is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lakeside has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Weedpatch Camp in Weedpatch, 10 miles away.

Lakeside and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Lakeside. Tap a dot.
Weedpatch CampFirst Baptist ChurchBakersfield California BuildingWoman’s Club of BakersfieldJastro BuildingTevis Block

Closest to Lakeside

Weedpatch CampWeedpatch · Built 193610miFirst Baptist ChurchBakersfield · Romanesque · Built 193110.3miBakersfield California BuildingBakersfield · Italian Renaissance Revival10.3miWoman’s Club of BakersfieldBakersfield · Building10.3miJastro BuildingBakersfield · Second Renaissance Revival · Built 191710.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Weedpatch Camp’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lakeside?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lakeside’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Bakersfield📜 Arvin📜 Shafter📜 Taft
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