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Chico (/ ˈ tʃ iː k oʊ / 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.
In that year the first Chico Board of Trustees was established. This body was the predecessor of the modern Chico City Council. The first municipal election was February 5, 1872 with 217 votes cast. The first City Board of Trustees comprised G.W. Dorn, C.L. Pond, B.F. Allen, W.K. Springer, and John Kempf.
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]
Chico has had a prescribed burn program for over a decade, and completes roughly two to three prescribed burns a year. The city often burns a western swath of the park as a protective buffer for ...
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.
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, and 1,200 acres (490 ha) of land south of Big Chico Creek in ...