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Butte County, California

Butte County California
Administration
Full nameCounty of Butte
Official nameCounty of Butte
Settlement typeCounty
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSacramento Valley
Incorporated1850
Government
County seatOroville
Geography
Total Area1677 sq mi (4343.4 km2)
Land Area1639 sq mi (4245 km2)
Water Area38 sq mi (98.4 km2)
Demography
Density (pop.)52.5/km2 (136/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

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Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 203,171. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."

Butte County is watered by the Feather River and the Sacramento River. Butte Creek and Big Chico Creek are additional perennial streams, both tributary to the Sacramento. It is the site of Feather Falls, the sixth largest waterfall in the United States. The county is the home of California State University, Chico and of Butte Community College.

There are four major hospitals and the State of California defines Butte County as being inside Health Service Area 1. A special district, the Butte County Air Quality Management District, regulates airborne pollutant emissions in the county. It does this following regional regulations, state, and federal laws. For example, in recent years, the agency changed rules that used to allow residents to burn household trash outdoors.

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Farm Briefs - Enterprise-Record Tweet this news
Enterprise-Record--OROVILLE � Paul Wenger, president of the -California- Farm Bureau Federation, will be the guest speaker at the -Butte County- Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, ... - Date : Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:19:37 GMT+00:00
Editorial: Area needs state help on problem - Enterprise-Record Tweet this news
Enterprise-Record---Butte- and Glenn -County-, -California- State Parks, Chico police, University police, the -California- Highway Patrol and more have to deal with the issue. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:38:17 GMT+00:00
3 people hurt in Highway 99E collision - Corning Observer Tweet this news
Corning Observer---...- the -California- Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred around 6 pm just south of the Tehama County line in -Butte County- and closed both north and ... - Date : Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:09:55 GMT+00:00
Some of Butte County's best scenery is hidden in Table Mountain's narrow valleys - Sacramento Bee Tweet this news
Sacramento Bee--The 3200-acre reserve is about nine miles north of downtown Oroville in -Butte County-, up the winding Cherokee Road. Fish and Game naturalists will lead ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:03:47 GMT+00:00
Chico Mayor Opposes Governor's Plan to Cut Redevelopment - Newstalk1290 KPAY Tweet this news
Newstalk1290 KPAY--Officials say the elimination of Redevelopment would cost -Butte County- more than 2 thousand jobs, and more than 11 hundred would be lost in Shasta County. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:41:46 GMT+00:00
Butte County library leaders explain 'sad' report, outline long-term goals - Enterprise-Record Tweet this news
Enterprise-Record--OROVILLE � A state report on the use and activities in the -Butte County- libraries is grim, but also out of date. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:30:23 GMT+00:00
California bike race ends stage in Sacramento - Enterprise-Record Tweet this news
Enterprise-Record--SACRAMENTO � The Amgen Tour of -California- bike race, which Chico officials hoped to lure to -Butte County-, will get as close as Beale AFB and Sacramento. ... - Date : Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:57:13 GMT+00:00
Health Department in national study - Enterprise-Record Tweet this news
Enterprise-Record--"We are very, very pleased that we were selected," said Murdock, who directs the -Butte County- Public Health Department. The study is looking into what makes ... - Date : Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:21:42 GMT+00:00
Man defends $4800 bill for snow shoveling - Boston Globe Tweet this news
Boston Globe--The -Butte County- district attorney's office, which had jurisdiction in the case, could not be reached late last night for further details. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:54:11 GMT+00:00
Putting sugar to shame - Sacramento News & Review Tweet this news
Sacramento News & Review--Not Katie Siegfried, a -Butte County- farmer who hasn't spooned granulated sucrose into her oatmeal for 20 years. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:19:02 GMT+00:00

Presidential election results
Airports :
Year GOP DEM Others
2008 47.9% 39,954 49.7% 41,474 2.7% 1,970
2004 53.7% 51,662 44.1% 42,448 2.1% 2,047
2000 54.5% 45,584 37.4% 31,338 8.1% 6,799
1996 49.0% 38,961 38.5% 30,651 12.5% 9,938
1992 37.2% 31,608 38.2% 32,489 24.6% 20,917
1988 56.0% 40,143 42.5% 30,406 1.5% 1,082
1984 63.1% 45,381 35.3% 25,421 1.6% 1,162
1980 57.9% 38,188 29.6% 19,520 12.6% 8,304
1976 51.8% 28,400 44.1% 24,203 4.1% 2,251
1972 57.6% 28,819 36.8% 18,401 5.6% 2,808
1968 56.7% 22,225 32.9% 12,887 10.5% 4,099
1964 48.4% 19,574 51.5% 20,831 0.0% 14
1960 57.6% 20,838 41.9% 15,163 0.5% 174



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