*BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
998 Listings
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Population:	203,171 2000 census
Area:	1,049,340 Acres
County Seat:	Chico 1850	Bidwell Bar* 1850	Hamilton 1850-1853
	Bidwell Bar* 1853-1856	Oroville 1856 - present
Date: February 18, 1850	Original county

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
313	Hooker Oak	1887
314	Old Suspension Bridge Inundated by Oroville Reservoir	1856
329	Rancho Chico and Bidwell Adobe	1865
330	Bidwell's Bar Inundated by Oroville Reservoir County Seat 1853-1856	1853
770	Chinese Temple	1863
771	Dogtown Nugget Discovery Site	April 12, 1859
807	Oregon City	1848
809	Discovery Site of Last Yahi Indian	August 29, 1911
840-2	Chico Forestry Station and Nursery	1888

Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
3,574	12,106	1,403	18,721

Territorial History
1850	One of the 27 original counties
	Territory from Butte to Tehama (1856)
	Territory from Tehama to Butte (1859)
	Territory from Butte to Colusa (1856)
	Territory from Colusa to Butte (1872)
	Territory from Butte to Plumas (1854)
	Territory from Sutter to Butte (1851)
	Territory from Butte to Sutter (1866)
	Territory from Butte to Sutter (1852)
	Territory from Sutter to Butte (1852)
	Territory from Butte to Sutter (1854)
	Territory from Butte to Shasta (1851)

*Bidwell Bar was inundated by Lake Oroville

The name butte comes from the Marysville or Sutter Buttes, which which were in Butte County when it was created. The word butte is from the Teutonic word meaning "a blunt extension or elevation." In French, it means "a small hill or mound of earth detached from any mountain range.".

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