 The Elkins Ranch Golf Course is on the east edge of Bardsdale.The area is serviced by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department and the Ventura County Fire Department.Bardsdale was established in 1887 by real estate developer Royce G. Surdam (1835–1891) on of the old Rancho Sespe grant that he purchased from his business associate Thomas R. Bard, in whose honor he named the town.