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Needles
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city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Bernardino
- Incorporated
- October 30, 1913
- Named after
- The Needles
- City manager
- Patrick J. Martinez
- Total
- 31.08 sq mi (80.49 km )
- Land
- 30.58 sq mi (79.20 km )
- Water
- 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km ) 1.60%
- Elevation
- 495 ft (151 m)
- Density
- 161/sq mi (62.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Area codes
- 442/760
- Fips code
- 06-50734
- Gnis feature ids
- 1652757 , 2411220
- Website
- cityofneedles .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Needles is a city in San Bernardino County, in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California. Situated on the western banks of the Colorado River, Needles is located near the California border with Arizona and Nevada. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95. The population was 4,931 at the 2020 census, up from 4,844 at the 2010 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Needles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.