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Mojave is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2000 census. The town is located at the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert, below the Oak Creek Pass. Telephone numbers in Mojave follow the format (661) 824-xxxx and the area includes three postal ZIP Codes.

The city of Mojave began as an 1876 construction camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, the town was also the end of the 165-mile, twenty-mule-team borax wagon route originating at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley. It later served as headquarters for construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

The name Mojave comes from the name of the Indian nation occupying the area before the arrival of European immigrants. Geographic features using the word Mojave are spelled differently from state to state. The convention is to spell it Mojave in California and Mohave in Arizona according to David Darlington's book on the Mojave Desert.

City's Attractions: Mojave Airport, Mojave Airport Weblog, Edward Air Force Base, Blackbird Airpark, Dryden Flight Research Center, China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, Exotic Feline Breeding Compound, California Living Museum, Silver Saddle Ranch & Club, Maturango Museum, Willow Springs International Raceway, Indian Wells Brewery, Randsburg Railway, Tomo-Kahni, Antelope Valley Indian Museum, and Red Rock Canyon State Park.

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