Baker is an unincorporated community located in San Bernardino County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 914.Baker was founded as a station on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad in 1908,and was named after R. C. Baker, president of the Railroad.Baker was established in 1929 by Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks (1857-1942), who was an American prospector, entrepreneur and pioneer who established several towns in the Death Valley area of California, including Fairbanks Springs (1904-05) and Shoshone (1910).Baker's ZIP Code is 92309 and the community is within area code 760.