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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.
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.
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. [9] Butte County comprises the Chico, California, metropolitan statistical area. It is in the California Central Valley, north of the state ...
California State University, Chico (Chico State [7]) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 " normal schools " founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.
Forest Ranch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place [4] in Butte County, California. It includes Forest Ranch Charter School (K-8), its own post office, and a CDF and Volunteer fire stations. The community's ZIP code is 95942, and is shared with the community of Butte Meadows. The area code is 530. Forest Ranch's population ...
Graph of world population over the past 12,000 years . As a general rule, the confidence of estimates on historical world population decreases for the more distant past. Robust population data exist only for the last two or three centuries. Until the late 18th century, few governments had ever performed an accurate census.
Cohasset (formerly known as Keefers Ridge and North Point) [3] is a census-designated place [4] in Butte County, California, United States, approximately 17.7 miles (28.5 km) NNE of Chico, California. The name derives from the Algonquian Indian language and means "long rocky place". [5] The population was 847 at the 2010 census.
The Chico Ranchería is a federal reservation located in Butte County. The population of the tribe is 560; [ 6 ] the population on the ranchería is approximately 70. [ citation needed ] Chico is the closest town.