Fellows, California
| Fellows | |
|---|---|
| census-designated place | |
 Location in Kern County and the state of California | |
  Fellows Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°10′43″N 119°32′28″W / 35.17861°N 119.54111°WCoordinates: 35°10′43″N 119°32′28″W / 35.17861°N 119.54111°W | |
| Country |
 United States |
| State |
 California |
| County | Kern |
| Government | |
| • Senate | Roy Ashburn (R) |
| • Assembly | Jean Fuller (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | Kevin McCarthy (R) |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 0.656 sq mi (1.700 km2) |
| • Land | 0.656 sq mi (1.700 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation[2] | 1,316 ft (401 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 106 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (62/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 93224 |
| Area code(s) | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-23812 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1656513 |
Fellows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Fellows is located 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Taft,[3] at an elevation of 1316 feet (401 m).[2] The population was 106 at the 2010 census, down from 153 at the 2000 census. Fellows is surrounded on all sides by the enormous Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the third-largest oil field in the United States, and the oil and gas industry accounts for much of the area's economic activity.
Geography
Fellows is located at 35°10′43″N 119°32′28″W / 35.17861°N 119.54111°W.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.
History
Fellows developed as an oil boomtown after the 1909 discovery of the Midway Gusher.[4] The first post office at Fellows opened in 1910.[3] The name Fellows honors Charles A. Fellows, a Sunset Western Railroad contractor.[3]
Perhaps Fellows' greatest claim to fame was as the location of a fictional event. The 1969 educational film The Lottery, based on the famous short story by Shirley Jackson, was shot at Fellows.[5] It featured a small town much like thousands of others across America holding an apparently ordinary, mundane civic-event that had a cold-blooded, horrifying ending to an unfortunate victim come from out-of-nowhere. The film was ranked as one of the two bestselling educational films ever[6] and has been widely shown in educational settings across America as an indictment against unthinking adherence to tradition and general inhumanity.
Demographics
2010
The 2010 United States Census[7] reported that Fellows had a population of 106. The population density was 161.5 people per square mile (62.3/km²). The racial makeup of Fellows was 94 (88.7%) White, 1 (0.9%) African American, 5 (4.7%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2 (1.9%) from other races, and 4 (3.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11 persons (10.4%).
The Census reported that 106 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 37 households, out of which 17 (45.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 25 (67.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6 (16.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1 (2.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1 (2.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 4 households (10.8%) were made up of individuals and 1 (2.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86. There were 32 families (86.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.06.
The population was spread out with 29 people (27.4%) under the age of 18, 8 people (7.5%) aged 18 to 24, 19 people (17.9%) aged 25 to 44, 38 people (35.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 12 people (11.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.0 years. For every 100 females there were 116.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
There were 40 housing units at an average density of 60.9 per square mile (23.5/km²), of which 33 (89.2%) were owner-occupied, and 4 (10.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 91 people (85.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 15 people (14.2%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 153 people, 56 households, and 39 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 232.4 people per square mile (89.5/km²). There were 58 housing units at an average density of 88.1 per square mile (33.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.89% White, 1.96% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.65% Pacific Islander, 6.54% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. 14.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 56 households out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,417, and the median income for a family was $30,000. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $20,781 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,636. About 17.5% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.7% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.
References
- ↑ U.S. Census
- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fellows, California
- 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1034. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ↑ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 66
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417917/
- ↑ http://www.imbd.com/title/tt0417917/
- ↑ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Fellows CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
