Havilah was an unincorporated community in Kern County, California[1] that was completely destroyed by the 2024 Borel Fire.

[2] The land is located in the mountains between Walker Basin and the Kern River Valley,[3] 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southwest of Bodfish[4] at an elevation of 3,136 feet (956 m).

[6] By the end of 1865, Havilah was a boom town with 147 business buildings, thirteen saloons, and a population of nearly a thousand, mostly miners working the Clear Creek Mining District.

Nearby historic mining communities include Loraine, (originally named Paris) and Twin Oaks.

[11] The sides of Caliente-Bodfish Road in Havilah are lined with signs marking where other historic buildings once stood.

Havilah shares its postal ZIP Code with the nearby communities of Caliente and Loraine.