Goler Heights | |
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Coordinates: 35°25′37″N 117°44′45″W / 35.42694°N 117.74583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Kern County |
Elevation | 2,579 ft (786 m) |
Goler Heights, also known simply as Goler, is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located 6.5 miles (10 km) northwest of Randsburg,[2] at an elevation of 2,579 feet (786 m).[1] The town is named after John Goller (or Goler), a German immigrant who discovered a placer gold deposit that was later mined and named in his honor.[3]
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References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goler Heights, 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. 1041. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 74