Английская Википедия:Isabella, California

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox settlement Isabella is a former settlement in Kern County, California.[1] It was located Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Bodfish,[2] at an elevation of 2516 feet (767 m).[1] The site was inundated by Lake Isabella.[1] In 1953, the U. S. Corps of Engineers built earthen dams across two forks of the Kern River to create the Isabella reservoir, Kern County's largest body of water year round with a surface area of 11,200 acres.

A post office operated at the original site of Isabella from 1896 to 1953, then at the relocated site from 1953 until the name was changed to Lake Isabella in 1957.[2] The town was founded by Steven Barton in 1893 and named in honor of Queen Isabella of Spain while her name was popular during the 1893 Columbian Exposition.[2]

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  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:California's Geographic Names