Badger is an unincorporated community located in Tulare County in California at an elevation of 3,038 feet. It has a population of 140. The zip code is 93603 and the area code 559. It is normally reached by California State Route 245.
It is in the Cutler-Orosi Unified School District; High-school-aged students who live in Badger must ride a bus for about to attend school.
Government
In the California State Legislature, Badger is in , and in .
In the United States House of Representatives, Badger is in
Popular culture
Badger was featured in an early 1970s McDonald's commercial in which it is claimed that a Visalia McDonald's served the entire population of the town for . The population was 15 at the time of filming this commercial.
History
In the 1970s and the 1980s, the controversial organization Synanon operated a residential compound on nearby Dry Creek Road. Badger was in the national news in October 1978 when the Los Angeles Police Department served a search warrant at this site in connection with a deliberate rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz who was critical of the organization. In 2020, the local newspaper reported that the former compound of the cult will become vacation rentals.
