Rivergrove, CA

Rivergrove is a census-designated place in Kern County, California. The 2020 census counted 195 residents. Although it is designated by the census as its own place, it is functionally a neighborhood of Bakersfield. Rivergrove sits at an elevation of 512 feet. That mix gives Rivergrove a clear local shape within California, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Rivergrove borders Goodmanville to the south and east across the Kern River.