Old River, CA

Old River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The 2020 census counted 123 residents. The settlement was founded in the 1870s and named from the old Kern River bed. A newcomer can read Old River through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Old River comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.