Roger and I enjoy stopping in the town of Tehachapi when we travel from Arizona to California to see our family and friends. We took the time this trip to see some of the histories in this small, quaint railroad town. Tehachapi's early history at a glance | Lifestyle | tehachapinews.com Tehachapi is a city incorporated in 1909 in Kern County, California. The city sits in the Tehachapi Mountains between the cities of Bakersfield and Mojave. Tehachapi is at an elevation of 3,97