Ridgecrest, California
Population: 24,927
Located in Kern County
Ridgecrest is an exciting new travel destination, and is the perfect hub for a wide variety of desert attractions. The unique beauty and history that is the Mojave Desert can be found all around - fascinating geological formations, ancient Indian cultural sites, unspoiled canyon trails, clear blue skies, spectacular sunsets and flawless starlit nights, antique and modern mining operations and endless photographic opportunities Ridgecrest, incorporated in 1963, is located in the northeast corner of Kern County in the Northern Mojave Desert. Prior to the establishment of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake in 1943, Ridgecrest, then "Crumville," consisted of a few scattered farms and homesteads. Ridgecrest evolved during the 1950's and 1960's as a support community, vital to the mission of NOTS, by providing housing and services for Federal employees and contractors. NOTS, later China Lake Naval Weapons Center (NWC) and now the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) home to the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Weapons Division, continues to be the major source of employment for Ridgecrest residents. At the same time, NAWS depends increasingly upon Ridgecrest for support services. The economic stability Ridgecrest has enjoyed as a service community for the NAWS has been essential to its successful emergence as a community in its own right.
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