Editing Weedpatch, California (section)

{{redirect|Weed Patch|the hill|Weed Patch Hill}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| official_name       = Weedpatch, California
| native_name         = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
| other_name          = 
| settlement_type     = [[Census-designated place]]
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| image_flag          = 
| image_seal          = 
| image_shield        = 
| image_map           = Kern_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Weedpatch_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize             = 250x200px
| map_caption         = Location in [[California]] and in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]
| pushpin_map         = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
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| coordinates              = {{coord|35|14|17|N|118|54|54|W|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2       = County
| subdivision_name2       = [[Kern County, California|Kern]]
| subdivision_type3       = 
| subdivision_name3       = 
| established_title   = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date    = 
"<!-- Area------------------>
| leader_title             = [[California State Senate|Senate]]
| leader_name              = [[Jean Fuller]] ([[California Republican Party|R]])
| leader_title1            = [[California State Assembly|Assembly]]
| leader_name1             = [[Rudy Salas]] ([[California Democratic Party|D]])
| unit_pref                = US
| area_footnotes           = <ref>[https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt U.S. Census]</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 9.223
| area_total_sq_mi         = 3.561
| area_land_km2            = 9.213
| area_land_sq_mi          = 3.557
| area_water_km2           = 0.010
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.004
| area_water_percent       = 0.11
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1661658}}</ref>
| elevation_m              = 118
| elevation_ft             = 387
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| population_total         = 2206
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="US Census Bureau 2020 Weedpatch, CA Population">{{cite web |title=US Census Bureau |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Weedpatch%20CDP,%20California |website=www.census.gov |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 93241
| area_code                = [[Area code 661|661]]
| website                  = 
| leader_title2            = [[California's 20th congressional district|U. S. Congress]]
| leader_name2             = [[David Valadao]] (R)
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 06-83863
}}
[[File:Welcome sign for Weedpatch and Lamont, California, 2012.jpg|thumb|right|[[Welcome sign]] on [[California State Highway 184]] for Weedpatch and the neighboring community of [[Lamont, California|Lamont]]]]
'''Weedpatch''' (formerly '''Weed Patch'''<ref name=gnis /> and '''Alexander's Corner'''<ref name=CGN />) is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], [[California]], United States. Weedpatch is {{convert|10|mi|0}} south-southeast of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]. It is considered to be one of the poorest areas in Kern County.<ref name=WeedpatchIs/> As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] it had a population of 2,658.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0683863| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Weedpatch CDP, California| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 25, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>