Bodfish, California

About Bodfish

Bodfish is a small unincorporated community in eastern California.

Bodfish holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 8.21 square miles.

📰 Bodfish News Today

• Bodfish Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• 36-year-old Bodfish man identified in Highway 155 motorcycle crash KBAK · Jun 12
• An Hour From Bakersfield, California, Is A Ghost Town Museum That Looks Right Out Of A Western Movie islands.com · Jun 9
• Bodfish man arrested for attempted murder after firing at home with children inside KBAK · Oct 29
• Bodfish, California Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Bodfish Unique

• The only place in America named Bodfish — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Silver City Ghost Town · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bodfish

• Piute Cypress Instant Study Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Bodfish

🏘️ Nearby Communities