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Caliente (formerly, Allen's Camp and Agua Caliente)〔 is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.〔 It is located east-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 1312 feet (400 m).〔 Caliente has a population of 1,019.〔Location name, population, and county from National Geographic Names Database. Location is identified by USGS as feature ID 1660417.〕 Telephone numbers in Caliente follow the format (661) 867-xxxx and the ZIP Code is 93518.〔ZIP Code from sign hanging on United States Postal Service post office.〕 It is located south of a small community named Walker Basin in the same telephone exchange area. ==History== Established in the 1870s, Caliente was originally named Allens Camp for a cattle rancher and settler named Gabriel Allen. Later, the name Agua Caliente, coming from hot springs in the area, was proposed and may have been used. This name conflicted with the community of the same name in Sonoma County. With the railroad's arrival in 1875, the shortened name Caliente was adopted.〔Establishment date and ''Agua Caliente'' name from, Bailey, Richard C., ''Kern County Place Names'', (Bakersfield, California: Merchant's Printing and Lithography Co., 1967). ''Allens Camp'' from Dulme, Glenn, "Chapter 11: The San Bernardino County Flurry," ''Boom of the Eighties in Southern California,'' (San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1944) pp. 127.〕 Caliente prospered during Southern Pacific Railroad's construction of Tehachapi Pass line. For a time, the Telegraph Stage Line and the Cerro Gordo Freighting Co. also ran through Caliente and its full-time population grew to 200. There were approximately 60 buildings, including 20 or more saloons.〔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. 33.〕 The Caliente post office opened in 1875, closed in 1993, and was re-established in 1890.〔 The Caliente General Store was remodeled in 1980 to house the post office which is still in operation today.〔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. 34.〕 Bealville is a district about one mile (1.6 km) to the south toward SR58 and along Caliente-Bodfish Road.〔Location and name from National Geographic Names Database and is feature ID 252850.〕 It is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale who served in the US Army, and also as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada. He was also appointed as US Surveyor General of California.〔Army and Indian assignments from: "Kern County," ''California Historic Landmarks,'' (Sacramento, California: State of California, Resources Agency, 1996) pp. 80. Surveyor General title from, Dulme, Glenn, "Chapter 11: The San Bernardino County Flurry," ''Boom of the Eighties in Southern California,'' (San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1944) pp. 127.〕 Beale established a home in this area about 1855. The location is now registered as California Historical Landmark #757. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caliente, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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