Wallace Center | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 35°10′11″N119°27′56″W / 35.16972°N 119.46556°W Coordinates: 35°10′11″N119°27′56″W / 35.16972°N 119.46556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Kern County |
Elevation [1] | 860 ft (262 m) |
Wallace Center is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. [1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Taft, [2] at an elevation of 860 feet (262 m). [1]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
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