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Facts about the city

Kettleman City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kings County, California, United States. Kettleman City is located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Hanford and 54 miles (88 km) south of Fresno, at an elevation of 253 feet (77 m). It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,439 at the 2010 census, down from 1,499 at the 2000 census. Kettleman City is near the halfway point between Los Angeles and San Francisco or Sacramento on Interstate 5 at Exit 309, and thus is a major stopping point for food and lodging.

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History

He donated land for a school and for the community church. Reportedly, thousands of spectators came to see the gusher that spouted almost pure gasoline for weeks. The main street (State Route 41) was called Brown Street after him. A. Oil was discovered in the Kettleman Hills in 1928, at the Kettleman North Dome Oil Field, which became one of the most productive oil fields in the United States in the early 1930s.