Old River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California.

[2] It is located 9.5 miles (15 km) southwest of Bakersfield,[3] at an elevation of 341 feet (104 m).

[2] The settlement was founded in the 1870s and named from the old Kern River bed.

[3] Old River first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S.

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