Taft, California

About Taft

Taft is a close-knit town in southern California counting 6,988 people who proudly call it home.

Taft holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 15.27 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 458 residents per square mile.

📰 Taft News Today

• Videos - Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA) Football MaxPreps · Oct 10
• Power out in much of Taft area taftmidwaydriller.com · Oct 9
• Coroner identifies three killed in head-on crash on Taft Highway KBAK · Oct 8
• Martiniano Hernandez Zamora Killed in Taft Car Accident on Highway 119 near Harrison Street Pacific Attorney Group · Oct 9
• Taft Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23

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What Makes Taft Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Taft — but the California one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 6,988.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🏫 Schools in Taft

• Buena Vista High (Continuation)
• Conley Elementary
• Jefferson Elementary
• Lincoln Junior High
• Parkview Elementary
• Roosevelt Elementary
• Taft Primary
• Taft Union High

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🔧 Local Services

Local Garage Door Repair Inc
Serving Taft, CA
📞 (661) 851-2784

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