Boron is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Rock Mountain at an elevation of 2,467 feet (752 m).

[4] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Boron as a census-designated place (CDP).

Within a half day's drive one can view the highest and lowest points in the contiguous 48 states of the United States (Mount Whitney and Death Valley), the world's oldest tree, the bristlecone pine, and the cities of Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Boron is on the border of Kern and San Bernardino Counties along State Route 58.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.82 square miles (35.8 km2), over 99 percent of which is land.

1,246 people (55.3 percent of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,007 people (44.7 percent) lived in rental housing units.

Borate evaporites in the form of colemanite was first reported in 1913 during drilling of a water well.

Claims were acquired by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and exploration continued.

[24] A large borax deposit was discovered in 1925,[25] and the mining town of Boron was established soon thereafter.

[30] During a 2010 labor dispute, workers were locked out by Rio Tinto for 107 days until support from the community and organized labor across California and elsewhere allowed both parties to successfully negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.

[34] The Kramer Junction Company (KJC) is the managing general partner of the five 30 megawatt Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) facilities in the Mojave Desert at Kramer Junction, California.

[35] Law enforcement services are provided by the Kern County Sheriff's Department.

[36] From 1933 to 1954, personnel from the Mojave substation met the law enforcement need of the Boron area.

The first actual office space occupied by the sheriff's office in Boron was a quonset hut shared with the fire department in the 12200 block of Boron Avenue.

This continued until 1963 when the sheriff's office established the substation building at 26949 Cote Street.

This building housed a small jail and the court in Boron, which operated one day a week.