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The area now known as McFarland, located about 25 miles north of Bakersfield on Highway 99, first saw homesteading in the 1860s. Back then, domestic water came from wells. A limited amount of irrigation water came from Poso Creek and the Kern River. Expansion of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads gave the community opportunity to grow. Tracks extended from Delano to Sumner, in east Bakersfield. James Boyd McFarland, an educator, came through California in the early 1900s. McFarland was impressed with the crop-growing potential of the area that now bears his name. Especially appealing was a community called Hunt's Siding with about 50 families, livestock and crops. McFarland bought land nearby. On March 2, 1909, the town of McFarland was officially created. Its population grew through the Great Depression and spiked after World War II, when veterans returned and started families. In 1957, the city incorporated. Today, McFarland still feels, in part,...

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