[4] It is located south of a small community named Walker Basin in the same telephone exchange area.

[5] Caliente prospered during Southern Pacific Railroad's construction of Tehachapi Pass line.

For a time, the Telegraph Stage Line and the Cerro Gordo Freighting Co. also ran through Caliente and its full-time population grew to 200.

[2] The Caliente General Store was remodeled in 1980 to house the post office which is still in operation today.

[8] It is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale who served in the US Army, and also as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada.