Coordinates: 36°22′49″N 121°00′10″W / 36.38028°N 121.00278°W / 36.38028; -121.00278

Bitterwater, California

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Bitterwater is an unincorporated community in the Bitterwater Valley of San Benito County, California, United States.[1] Bitterwater is located at 36°22′49″N 121°00′10″W / 36.38028°N 121.00278°W / 36.38028; -121.00278. The population of San Benito-Bitterwater was 805 at the 2020 United States census.[2] The first non-Native settler in the Bitterwater area was Edward Calhoun Tully, who discovered a spring in the valley in 1861. The descendants of Tully and his brother-in-law, Francisco Quintanar De Alvarez, lived in the valley for more than a century.[3] The Bitterwater Valley was the site of some oil exploration in the 1950s.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitterwater, California
  2. "San Benito-Bitterwater CCD, San Benito County, California". census.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  3. Foley, Mary (April 15, 1976). "Beauty of Bitterwater Valley contained in its timelessness". Gonzales Tribune. Gonzales, CA. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. "Holmes-O'Connor No. 1 tests 26.6 gravity at Bitterwater". The Californian. Salinas, CA. May 5, 1952. Retrieved November 23, 2023.

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36°22′49″N 121°00′10″W / 36.38028°N 121.00278°W / 36.38028; -121.00278