South Taft, California

About South Taft

South Taft, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southern California.

South Taft holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.08 square miles.

📰 South Taft News Today

• City cleaning out homeless camps under bridges taftmidwaydriller.com · Jul 7
• South Taft, California Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
• South Taft, CA Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 30
• Shooting investigation underway in South Taft taftmidwaydriller.com · Jul 14
• Taft, California Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes South Taft Unique

• The only place in America named South Taft — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in South Taft

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🎡 Fun Things to Do

• West Kern Oil Museum · Museum
• Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House · Attraction
• Jameson #17 · Attraction
• Oil Patch Fire House · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in South Taft

• Civic Center Park reviews ★
• Taft City Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of South Taft

🏘️ Nearby Communities