{"id":681,"date":"2023-01-17T06:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T06:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=681"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:22","slug":"butte-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/butte-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Butte County, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butte County is a county in California, United States, in the northern Sacramento Valley about
\n80 miles north of Sacramento. It had a population of 211,632 at the 2020 census, an estimated
\n209,211 by 2025, and covers 1,636 square miles (4,237 km2) centred near 39\u00b040\u2032N 121\u00b036\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Oroville is the county seat; its postal code is 95965. The county holds 4 cities, 1 incorporated
\ntown, 25 census-designated places and 7 unincorporated communities, and it runs on Pacific Time.
\nIts FIPS code is 06007.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Butte County<\/h2>\n

Butte County has 37 named places on record: 4 incorporated cities, 1 incorporated town, 25
\ncensus-designated places (CDPs, Census Bureau statistical areas with no local government) and 7
\nunincorporated communities with no CDP status at all. Population figures below are 2020 census
\ncounts; a dash means no count exists for that place.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Chico<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n101,475<\/td>\n95926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oroville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n20,042<\/td>\n95965<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oroville East<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n8,038<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magalia<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n7,795<\/td>\n95954<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gridley<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n7,421<\/td>\n95948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thermalito<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n7,198<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Durham<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,834<\/td>\n95938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palermo<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,555<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paradise<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n4,764<\/td>\n95969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Oroville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,235<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Ridge<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,006<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biggs<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,964<\/td>\n95917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berry Creek<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,637<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forest Ranch<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,304<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butte Valley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n945<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cohasset<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n830<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butte Creek Canyon<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n780<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangor<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n695<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concow<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n402<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forbestown<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n396<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honcut<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n306<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nord<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stirling City<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n284<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yankee Hill<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richvale<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rackerby<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clipper Mills<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robinson Mill<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cherokee<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butte Meadows<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centerville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DeSabla<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helltown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inskip<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lomo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lovelock<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Powellton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The old list on this page carried several duplicates and mistakes now corrected: “De
\nSabla” and “DeSabla” were the same unincorporated place counted twice; “Robinson
\nMill,” “Robinson Mills” and “Robinsons Corner” were three spellings of one
\nplace; and entries such as “Blavo,” “Cana,” “Craig,” “Dodge Place,”
\n“Dodgeland,” “Elsey,” “Esquon,” “Fagan,” “Hughes Place,” “James,”
\n“Kister,” “Kramm,” “Mayaro,” “Merrimac,” “Mineral Slide,” “Oroleve,”
\n“Parkhill,” “Peachton,” “Pentz,” “Poe,” “Ramada,” “Rancho Llano Seco,”
\n“Riceton,” “Roble,” “Rogerville,” “Shippee,” “Toadtown,” “Vista Robles” and
\n“Wicks Corner” do not appear in the Census Bureau’s place list for the county and are
\ndropped here for lack of a verifiable source.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n