Pond, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Pond

|other_name =

|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type =Unincorporated community

|image_skyline =

|imagesize =

|image_caption =

|pushpin_map =California#USA

|pushpin_label_position =bottom

|pushpin_mapsize =

|pushpin_map_caption =Location in California

|pushpin_image=California Locator Map with US.PNG

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name =United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = California

|subdivision_type2 =County

|subdivision_name2 = Kern County

|subdivision_type3 =

|subdivision_name3 =

|

|established_title =

|established_date =

|coordinates = {{coord|35|43|04|N|119|19|43|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{gnis|247680}}

|elevation_m =86

|elevation_ft =282

|footnotes =

}}

Pond is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. It is located {{convert|8.5|mi|km|0}} north of Wasco,{{California's Geographic Names|1090}} at an elevation of {{Convert|282|feet|}}.

Pond was established around 1889. A post office opened at Pond in 1912.

Merle Haggard's song "The Train Never Stops At Our Town," was written by nearby Bakersfield resident, Dallas Frazier, about the struggle of life in Pond, and how difficult it was to leave the "Poor Man's Valley" (San Joaquin Valley) compounded by the fact the train did not stop in Pond.