Cadiz, California

Cadiz is a small unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. It is located just south of the Marble Mountains near the National Trails Highway. Cadiz is home to a former railroad stop, and is situated at 34° 31' 12" North latitude and 115° 30' 46" West longitude, at an elevation of 791ft. It is northeast of the Sheep Hole Mountains and can be accessed by road from the historic Route 66 at Chambless.HistoryThe town was named in 1883 by Lewis Kingman, a locating engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is the third in a string of alphabetically named railroad stations in the Mojave Desert.ClimateThis area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure.Current activityCadiz, Inc., a Los Angeles-based land and water-resource-management company, owns more than 35000acre around Cadiz. The Cadiz Valley area overlies a large aquifer and is located approximately 30mi north of the Colorado River Aqueduct.The ZIP Code is 92304 and the community is inside area code 760.