POPULATION: 917,553

INCORPORATION DATE: 1866

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Phillip Peters
• District 2 – Zack Scrivner
• District 3 – Jeff Flores
• District 4 – David Couch
• District 5 – Leticia Perez

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

KERN. County seat, Bakersfield. Created April 2, 1866. The county derived its name from the Kern River which was named for Edward Kern, topographer of General John C. Fremont’s 1845 expedition.