Needles, California

Needles, California
Needles, California
City
	Top: Needles Theatre (left), town sign (right); bottom: El Garcés.
	Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California
	Coordinates: 34°50′53″N 114°36′51″W / 34.84806°N 114.61417°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Bernardino County
Incorporated	October 30, 1913
Named for	The Needles
Government
• City manager	Patrick J. Martinez
Area
• Total	31.08 sq mi (80.49 km2)
• Land	30.58 sq mi (79.20 km2)
• Water	0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) 1.49%
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,959
• Density	162.73/sq mi (62.83/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Code	92363
Area codes	442/760
FIPS code	06-50734
GNIS feature IDs	1652757, 2411220
Website	www.cityofneedles.com

Needles is a city in eastern San Bernardino County, California, 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.^[6] The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95. The population was 4,959 at the 2020 census, up from 4,844 at the 2010 census.

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