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32°41′37″N 115°20′14″W / 32.69361°N 115.33722°W / 32.69361; -115.33722

Bonds Corner (formerly, Bends Corner) is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California a short distance east of Calexico on California State Route 98 and north of the international border with Baja California.[1] A United States port of entry for trucks entering and exiting the country is located along nearby California State Route 7. Bonds Corner is located 9 miles (14 km) east of Calexico,[2] at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m).[1]

A post office operated at Bonds Corner from 1929 to 1930.[2] The name honors Dr. J. L. Bond, homesteader.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bonds Corner, California
  2. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1397. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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