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History · Old Stine

Old Stine’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Old Stine. 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

Old Stine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. The CDP is within Bakersfield's census county division, and surrounded by the city of Bakersfield on all sides except for the east, where it borders Benton Park. As listed in the Geographic Names Information System, its elevation is 390 feet. Its population was 3,841 at the 2020 census.

Half of its homes were built before 1957.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Old Stine 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 Old Stine’s history is told.

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Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyBakersfield · 1 miJDJonathan DavisBakersfield · 1 miMerle HaggardMerle HaggardBakersfield · 1 miRobert BeltranRobert BeltranBakersfield · 1 miJames "Munky" ShafferJames "Munky" ShafferRosedale · 9 miKGKelli GarnerBakersfield · 1 mi
By decade

Old Stine, 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 Old Stine is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Old Stine has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Woman’s Club of Bakersfield in Bakersfield, 2.3 miles away.

Old Stine and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Old Stine. Tap a dot.
Woman’s Club of BakersfieldBakersfield California BuildingJastro BuildingTevis BlockFirst Baptist ChurchKern Branch, Beale Memorial Library

Closest to Old Stine

Woman’s Club of BakersfieldBakersfield · Building2.3miBakersfield California BuildingBakersfield · Building2.4miJastro BuildingBakersfield · Built 19172.4miTevis BlockBakersfield · Built 18932.4miFirst Baptist ChurchBakersfield · Built 19312.5mi

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. Woman’s Club of Bakersfield’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Old Stine?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Old Stine’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.

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