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Lamont is located in south-central California about 11 miles (18 km) from Bakersfield and about 89 miles (143 km) from Los Angeles. [ 2 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 4.6 sq mi (12 km 2 ), of which 4.6 sq mi (12 km 2 ) are land and 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km 2 ) of it (0.65%) is covered by water.
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Camp Lamont also called Lamont Prisoner of War Base Camp was a World War II German Prisoners of War camp in the City of Lamont, California, 12 miles southwest from Bakersfield in Kern County. [1] It was formed on December 2, 1944, by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) transferring 16 acres of land to the US War Department for the US Army .
The Valley Press was founded by A.J. Hicks on Saturday, April 3, 1915, as the Palmdale Post.At the time, the Valley was home to about 3,500 people. Over the decades of the 20th century, the newspaper changed hands, and there were a few name changes as well.
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