Soledad Township was a defunct
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is th ...
. It existed prior to the abolition of townships in California. It was formed in 1866 when
Tejon Township was divided between Los Angeles and the new
Kern County
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...
. Soledad Township was the county's most extensive but least populated township. It stretched from the
San Gabriel and
Santa Susana Mountains
The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in Southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west, separating the San Fernando and Simi valleys on its south from the Santa ...
to the Kern County line and was centered on
Soledad Canyon. In 1870, the township had a population of 265.
References
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Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former townships in Los Angeles County, California