Blythe, California

Blythe, California
City
Blythe street scene, c. 1900
Seal
Location of Blythe in Riverside County, California.
Blythe, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°36′37″N 114°35′47″W / 33.61028°N 114.59639°W / 33.61028; -114.59639[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	Riverside
Incorporated	July 21, 1916[2]
Named for	Thomas Henry Blythe
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Dale Reynolds[3]
• Vice Mayor	Joseph "Joey" DeConinck
• City Council	Johnny Rodriguez Joseph Halby III Sam Burton
Area [4]
• Total	27.37 sq mi (70.88 km2)
• Land	26.58 sq mi (68.85 km2)
• Water	0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2)  2.90%
Elevation [5]	272 ft (83 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,317
• Density	689.05/sq mi (266.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	92225, 92226
Area code	442/760
FIPS code	06-07218
GNIS feature IDs	1660349, 2409872
Website	www.cityofblythe.ca.gov

Blythe /ˈblaɪθ/ 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.