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Muroc, California

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45: 432: 1270: 44: 187:, Domino, and Muroc, were all described as "post offices that serve scattered ranches. All these communities are reached by automobile, and roads lead from the to desert towns lying to the north and east." 1330: 320: 1350: 1311: 1340: 1335: 197:
A post office operated at Muroc from 1910 to 1951. The name honors early settlers Ralph and Clifford Corum — their surname spelled backwards is "Muroc".
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The Mohave Desert region, California, a geographic, geologic, and hydrologic reconnaissance
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California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muroc, California
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Mojave Desert, 1929, including Muroc along the Santa Fe rail line
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Muroc still appeared on maps as of 1942. Muroc's site is now on
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Edwards, California
Mojave Desert, 1929, including Muroc along the Santa Fe rail line
34°55′23″N 117°52′20″W / 34.92306°N 117.87222°W / 34.92306; -117.87222
United States
California
Kern County
Kern County
California
Mojave Desert
Rogers Dry Lake
Edwards
Valyermo
Llano
Wilsona
Neenach
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc Army Air Field




U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muroc, California





ISBN
1-884995-14-4
The Mohave Desert region, California, a geographic, geologic, and hydrologic reconnaissance

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