Kelso, California

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Kelso, California is a historic railroad and mining town in the Mojave Desert, now largely a ghost town and visitor hub within Mojave National Preserve.

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Label Occurrences
Kelso, California canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former mining town ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ
historic railroad town ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
administrativeAuthority National Park Service ⓘ
areaCode 442 ⓘ
760 ⓘ
climate arid desert climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county San Bernardino County ⓘ
developedAs railroad division point ⓘ
elevation approximately 2093 feet ⓘ
approximately 638 meters ⓘ
foundedAsRailroadStopFor San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1660804 ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding Kelso Depot ⓘ
hasStructure Kelso jail ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity iron ore mining ⓘ
limestone mining ⓘ
marble mining ⓘ
railroad operations ⓘ
historicalRole service point for steam locomotives ⓘ
support town for nearby mines ⓘ
Kelso Depot_architecturalStyle Mission Revival ⓘ
Spanish Colonial Revival ⓘ
Kelso Depot_currentUse Mojave National Preserve visitor center ⓘ
Kelso Depot_instanceOf historic railroad depot ⓘ
Kelso Depot_listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
Kelso Depot_opened 1924 ⓘ
Kelso jail_instanceOf historic concrete jail ⓘ
laterServedByRailroad Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
locatedAlong Union Pacific Railroad line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles ⓘ
locatedIn Mojave Desert ⓘ
Mojave National Preserve ⓘ
namedAfter John H. Kelso ⓘ
a railroad employee ⓘ
nearbyFeature Cima Dome ⓘ
Kelso Dunes ⓘ
Mojave Road ⓘ
Providence Mountains ⓘ
partOf Mojave National Preserve visitor services network ⓘ
populationStatus largely uninhabited ⓘ
primarily a ghost town ⓘ
postalCode 92309 ⓘ
primaryCurrentFunction visitor hub for Mojave National Preserve ⓘ
region Southern California ⓘ
state California ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
tourismAttraction historic railroad depot and ghost town remains ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kelso Depot → locatedIn → Kelso, California ⓘ
Kelso Dunes → near → Kelso, California ⓘ
Cima Dome → near → Kelso, California ⓘ
Kelso Dunes Road → near → Kelso, California ⓘ