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2409447 [7] Website. www.chico.ca.us. Chico (/ ˈtʃiːkoʊ / CHEE-koh; Spanish for "little") [9][10] is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 census.
The history of Chico, California, begins with the original inhabitants, the Mechoopda Maidu. The city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell, a member of one of the first wagon trains to reach California in 1841. The city became incorporated January 8, 1872. Historian W.H. "Old Hutch" Hutchinson identified five events as the most ...
The city became incorporated on January 8, 1872. [3] In that year, the first Chico Board of Trustees was established. [3] This body was the predecessor of the modern Chico City Council, and its president acted as mayor. The first municipal election was February 5, 1872 with 217 votes cast for trustees elected at-large. [3]
“We have a lot of different priorities we need to balance,” said Chico fire chief Standridge, noting that fires are especially common in Bidwell Park, the city’s beloved 3,500 recreation area.
Bidwell Park is a municipal park located in Chico, California. The park was established July 10, 1905, through the donation by Annie Bidwell, widow of Chico's founder, John Bidwell, of approximately 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of land to the City of Chico. Since that time, the city has purchased additional land, such as Cedar Grove in 1922 ...
California State Route 32. State Route 32 (SR 32) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. State of California which is routed from Interstate 5 in Orland, across the Sacramento Valley and through Chico, through the northern Sierra Nevada, and ending at SR 36 and SR 89 in eastern Tehama County.
Hooker Oak was an extremely large valley oak tree (Quercus lobata) in Chico, California. Amateur botanist and local socialite Annie Bidwell, whose husband had founded Chico, named the tree in 1887 after English botanist and Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. It was featured in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin ...
The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Chico, California. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.