Woody, CA

Woody is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 108 residents. Woody is located in the foothills of the Greenhorn Mountains, 25 miles north-northeast of Bakersfield at an elevation of 2,251 feet. Woody was named after Sparrell Walter Woody, who homesteaded with his wife at the foot of Blue Mountain in 1862. The through line in Woody is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Woody makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.