RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of California >> San Bernardino County >> NeedlesIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
California

The Commemorative Quarter for California





Welcome to Needles ...

The city of Needles is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Needles, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

The city was incorporated October 30, 1913.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Needles has a population of 4,962 people<2> (see below for details).

Needles is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Needles lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Needles is in the Pacific Time Zone and observes daylight saving time, the area just to the east is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not..

Area Codes for Needles: 760 & 442<4>

The ZIP code for Needles: 92363<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Needles had an population of 4,962 people. This is an increase of 2.44% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.73% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Needles had a population of 4,844 people. This makes Needles the county's 24th most populous community.

The population of Needles represents 0.01% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 428th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 4,844 people, the population of Needles has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,830 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Needles.

Communities Also Named Needles ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Needles - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, Missouri and Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Needles.

Websites for Needles ...

Official Website: www.cityofneedles.com/

Communities near Needles ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Needles.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Needles. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Needles.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Needles. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needles.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Needles. Our list includes 9 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Needles.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Needles ...

Looking for more information about Needles? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Needles, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Needles.

Adding Needles to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Needles in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Needles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Needles post office opened in 1883.

We also found Needles in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Needles.

The official website for Needles: www.cityofneedles.com/

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Needles.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Needles - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Needles area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Needles area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Needles). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Needles or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025