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Also known as Blythe, California, Blythe, CA

city in Riverside County, California, United States

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Country
United States
State
California
County
Riverside
Incorporated
July 21, 1916
Named after
Thomas Henry Blythe
Type
Council-Manager
Mayor
Joseph "Joey" Deconinck
Vice mayor
Johnny Rodriguez
City council
Sam Burton , Joseph Halby III , Summer Spraggins
Total
27.37 sq mi (70.88 km )
Land
26.58 sq mi (68.85 km )
Water
0.78 sq mi (2.03 km ) 2.90%
Elevation
272 ft (83 m)
Density
689.0/sq mi (266.04/km )
Time zone
UTC−08:00 ( PST )
Summer dst
UTC−07:00 ( PDT )
Zip codes
92225–92226
Area code
442/760

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Blythe
Population
18317
Area
69.855368
Elevation
83
Official website
www.cityofblythe.ca.gov
Image
BlytheCA.jpg
Households
4759
Dialing code
760
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Commons category
Blythe, California
postal code
92226
water as percent of area
2.9018
P8168
Mirafra
water area
2.027065
per capita income
16887
date of incorporation
1916-07-21
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Thomas Henry Blythe One of the Blythe Intaglios, prehistoric geoglyphs in the Sonoran Desert, across the river from Parker Valley.

Blythe (/blaɪθ/) is a city in eastern Riverside County, California, United States. It is in the Palo Verde Valley of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River, approximately 224 miles (360 km) east of Los Angeles and 150 miles (240 km) west of Phoenix. Blythe was named after Thomas Henry Blythe, a San Francisco financier, who established primary water rights to the Colorado River in the region in 1877. The city was incorporated on July 21, 1916. The population was 18,317 at the 2020 census.

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