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Butte County, California

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  • Iver Andrew Tomren (1911 - 1980)
    His parents were Milla Bollete Olsen and Ever Rasmussen Tomren, from Norway. He and Angeline Zesbaugh married 14 August 1939 in Eagle Rock, California. Her sister Anne Zesbaugh was one of the witnesse...
  • Lance Corporal Maximino Estrada (1950 - 1971)
    LCpl Estrada #5507413 MOS:0331 M60 Machine Gunner. Max was born in Bakersfield,where he went to elementary school. A Chico High School dropout, Max enrolled at the Job Corps in Pleasanton and received...
  • Noblet Herbert, Jr (c.1826 - c.1852)
    Per Glenn's "The Washingtons: A Family History" volume 1: Seven Generations.... - Noblet, Jr. was raised as an orphan by his aunt, Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington. He was taken in in 1843 by his co...
  • James Valentine Smith (1916 - 1988)
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  • Susan Caroline Reagan (1841 - 1936)
    Susan Caroline Reagan (Martin) Obit: Butte Pioineer Passes At Lake Madrone Home One of the few remaining pioneers of Butte county, Mrs Caroline Reagan, age 94 years, passed away at 5am today. Mr...

Butte County is named for the Sutter Buttes in neighboring Sutter County; butte means "small knoll" or "small hill" in French. Butte County was incorporated as one of California's 27 original counties on February 18, 1850. The county went across the present limits of the Tehama, Plumas, Colusa, and Sutter Counties.

Between November 8 and 25, 2018, a major wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of the town of Paradise, the adjacent community of Concow, and a large area of rural, hilly country east of Chico. More than 80 people were killed, 50,000 were displaced, over 150,000 acres were burned, and nearly 20,000 buildings were destroyed. The Camp Fire was California's most destructive and deadliest fire.

The county seat is Oroville.

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