Pumpkin Center, CA

Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The 2020 census counted 421 residents. Pumpkin Center is located at the intersection of State Route 99 and SR 119. On both Interstate 5 and SR 99, there is signage at the SR 119 exit directing travelers to Pumpkin Center. The short version is that Pumpkin Center carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Pumpkin Center: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Pumpkin Center's downtown is part of the local map.