Leif in Calif Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 My parents met in the late 30's in the oil boom town of Maricopa California. Just up the road, there's an area of the town of Taft that is called Ford City. Local "history" has it that it's called that because there was a Ford Motor Company plant of some sort there. Anyone have any information to support that? Maybe Henry wanted his own gas? Seems unlikely.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.f.jones Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_City,_CaliforniaHistory Originally an oil boom town, the place was named after Ford Motor Company due to the abundance of Ford Model T cars there.[3] Ford City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located 1 mile (1.61 km) north of Taft,[3] at an elevation of 892 feet (272 m).[2] The population was 4,348 at the 2020 census, up from 4,278 at the 2010 census. It is immediately north of Taft, between the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field to the southwest, and the almost exhausted Buena Vista Oil Field to the northeast. State Route 119 passes east of town from its junction with SR 33 to the south. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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