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Bitterwater is an unincorporated community in the Bitterwater Valley of San Benito County, California, United States. 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.
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. The Bitterwater Valley was the site of some oil exploration in the 1950s.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitterwater, California
- "San Benito-Bitterwater CCD, San Benito County, California". census.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- Foley, Mary (April 15, 1976). "Beauty of Bitterwater Valley contained in its timelessness". Gonzales Tribune. Gonzales, CA. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- "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
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