Edwards is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 16 miles east-southeast of Mojave, about 22 miles northeast of Lancaster, 15 miles east of Rosamond, and 5.5 miles south of California City at an elevation of 2,356 feet. The area was originally a housing site for the air force base that surrounds it. The place name changed to Edwards in 1951. It is part of the Edwards Air Force Base reservation.