Blythe 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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Blythe
Riverside County, CA
Population
17,949
Walk Score
72 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$890
Median home value
$191,500
[[Municipal corporation
1916
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Blythe Intaglios · listed 1975
Notable landmarks
- Aha Quien Lodge Circles
- Archeological Site 4RIV778
- Archeological Sites CA-RIV-504 and CA-RIV-773 · listed 2003
- Blythe Southern Boundary
- Dancing Shaman Group
- Hook Figure
- Little Bird and 1,000 Seats
- McCoy Spring Archeological Site · listed 1982
- Military Site
- Quien Sabe 111
- Quien Sabe Bird-Slaughter Tree Wash Dance Pattern
- Quien Sabe Group
- Site E-1
- Site E-11
- Site E-19
- Site E-20
- Site E-22
- Site E-24
- Site E-3
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