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Baker, California

Index Baker, California

Baker is a census-designated place located in San Bernardino County, California, US. [1]

65 relations: All-terrain vehicle, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Amtrak, Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, Area codes 760 and 442, Baker Airport, Barstow, California, Bureau of Land Management, California, California State Legislature, California State Route 127, California State Route 91, California State University, Census-designated place, Cornell Companies, Cronese Mountains, Curiosity (rover), Death Valley, Death Valley National Park, Domestic partnership, Dumont Dunes, Dune, Family (US Census), Federal Information Processing Standards, Francis Marion Smith, GEO Group, Geographic Names Information System, Interstate 15, Interstate 15 in California, Jack in the Box, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, List of Amtrak stations, List of counties in California, List of weather records, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Marriage, Mojave Desert, Mojave National Preserve, North American Numbering Plan, Pacific Time Zone, Population density, POSSLQ, Private prison, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks, Richard C. Baker, Royal Dutch Shell, San Bernardino County, California, ..., Shoshone, California, The Big Empty (2003 film), Thermometer, Time (magazine), Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, Tourism, U.S. Route 466, U.S. state, United States Census Bureau, United States Department of the Interior, United States House of Representatives, World's tallest thermometer, ZIP Code, Zzyzx, California, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (15 more) »

All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a quad, quad bike, three-wheeler, four-wheeler or quadricycle as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control.

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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach

Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes, and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads, or stations which are disconnected temporarily due to service delays or track maintenance issues.

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Area codes 760 and 442

Area code 760 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 619 on March 22, 1997.

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Baker Airport

Baker Airport is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Baker, in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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Barstow, California

Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than of public lands in the United States which constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California.

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California State Route 127

State Route 127 (SR 127) is a California state highway that connects Interstate 15 to Nevada State Route 373, passing near Death Valley National Park.

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California State Route 91

State Route 91 (SR 91) is a major east–west freeway located entirely within Southern California and serving several regions of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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California State University

California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California.

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Census-designated place

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.

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Cornell Companies

Cornell Companies (NYSE:CRN) was an American corporation that operated correctional facilities, contracting them to state and local governments.

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Cronese Mountains

The Cronese Mountains are found in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California in the United States.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL).

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Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert.

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Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California—Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada.

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Domestic partnership

A domestic partnership is an interpersonal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not married (to each other or to anyone else), but they receive a lot of benefits that guarantee rights of survivor ship, hospital visitation and others.

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Dumont Dunes

Dumont Dunes is an area of the Mojave Desert containing large sand dunes, located approximately 31 miles north of Baker, California on California State Route 127.

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Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.

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Family (US Census)

A family is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family." A family household is more inclusive, consisting of "a household maintained by a householder who is in a family (as defined above), and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there." In 2014 the US Census Bureau began including same-sex marriages in their counts of families and family households.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Francis Marion Smith

Francis Marion Smith (February 2, 1846 – August 27, 1931) (once known nationally and internationally as "Borax Smith" and "The Borax King") was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California.

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GEO Group

The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a Florida-based company specializing in privatized corrections, detention, and mental health treatment.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Interstate 15

Interstate 15 (I-15) is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States.

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Interstate 15 in California

Route 15, consisting of the contiguous segments of State Route 15 (SR 15) joined by Interstate 15 (I-15), is a major north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties.

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Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant chain founded February 21, 1951, by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California, where it is headquartered.

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KLAS-TV

KLAS-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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List of Amtrak stations

This is a list of train stations and Thruway Motorcoach stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States).

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List of counties in California

The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties.

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List of weather records

This is a list of weather records, a list of the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.

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Mojave National Preserve

Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40.

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North American Numbering Plan

The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan that encompasses 25 distinct regions in twenty countries primarily in North America, including the Caribbean and the U.S. territories.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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POSSLQ

POSSLQ (plural POSSLQs) is an abbreviation (or acronym) for "person of opposite sex sharing living quarters", a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households.

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Private prison

A private prison, or for-profit prison, is a place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is contracted by a government agency.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks

Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks (December 26, 1857 – October 3, 1943) was an American prospector, entrepreneur and pioneer who established several towns in the Death Valley area of California, including Fairbanks Springs (1904–05), Shoshone (1910), and Baker (1929).

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Richard C. Baker

Richard C. Baker (b. 1858, d. 1937) was the British business partner of Francis Marion "Borax" Smith and eventually became president of the Pacific Coast Borax Company and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Shoshone, California

Shoshone is a census designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States.

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The Big Empty (2003 film)

The Big Empty is a 2003 drama film directed and written by Steve Anderson.

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Thermometer

A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad

The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad was a former class II railroad that ran within the locale of eastern California and southwestern Nevada.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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U.S. Route 466

U.S. Route 466 (US 466) was an east–west United States highway.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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World's tallest thermometer

The World's Tallest Thermometer is a landmark located in Baker, California, USA.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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Zzyzx, California

Zzyzx, formerly Soda Springs, is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States, within the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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Redirects here:

Baker (Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach station), Baker, CA, Jack in the Box (Baker).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker,_California

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