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The town was originally named "Ophir City", but was renamed Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854 (oro is Spanish for "gold"). [11] The City of Oroville was incorporated on January 3, 1906. [12] Gold was found at Bidwell Bar, one of California's first gold-mining sites, bringing thousands of prospectors to the Oroville area.
Mountain House Historic District: July 12, 2019 : 13465 Oroville-Quincy Highway Coordinates missing: Mountain House: 14: Mud Creek Canyon: August 14, 1973 : Address Restricted: Chico: 15: Oroville Carnegie Library: Oroville Carnegie Library
SR 70 north (B Street north) – Oroville: East end of SR 70 overlap 13.27: CR E21 (Marysville Road) – Browns Valley, Dobbins, Brownsville: Southern terminus of CR E21; serves Collins Lake, Bullards Bar Reservoir: Nevada NEV 0.00-41.287 6.60: Rough and Ready Highway / Penn Valley Drive – Rough and Ready, Penn Valley
Butte County (/ ˈ b j uː t / ⓘ) is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California.In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. [6] [8] The county seat is Oroville.
In 1915, the Oroville-Quincy Highway was designated as Legislative Route Number 30. [6] This route was abandoned by the state in 1924. In the late 1930s, there was a temporary routing of Alternate US 40 that ran from Davis through Yuba City to Oroville thence to Quincy along Oroville-Quincy Highway, and Bucks Lake Road.
The city of Oroville declared a state of emergency as state and federal resources pour in to fight the place. Four homes destroyed, 13k remain evacuated as Thompson Fire burns 3,000 acres in Butte ...
South Table Mountain, at , is mostly privately owned, and contains the "O", which is a big "O" on the side of the plateau, that stands for "Oroville", the city that it towers Dedicated on June 8, 1929 by Oroville High School (OHS) alumni Morrow Steadman, the "big O" has a concrete thickness of four inches, and was measured by its builders to be ...
The community of Kelly Ridge offers direct access to boating, camping, fishing and a variety of water sports. This neighborhood is closely connected to the city of Oroville and is a popular place to retire and enjoy the outdoors. The 2010 United States census reported Kelly Ridge's population was 2,544.