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Brief History of Butte County [Wiki]Butte County is named for the Sutter Buttes in neighboring Sutter County; butte means "small knoll" or "small hill" in French.[6] Butte County was incorporated as one of California's 19 original counties on February 18, 1850. The county went across the present limits of the Tehama, Plumas, Colusa, and Sutter counties.[7]

The first sheriff was Joseph Q. Wilbur.[8] Between November 8-25, 2018, a major wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of the town of Paradise, the adjacent community of Concow, and many square miles of rural, hilly country east of Chico. More than eighty people were killed, fifty thousand were displaced, over 150,000 acres were burned, and nearly twenty thousand buildings were destroyed.[9][10] The Camp Fire was California's most destructive and deadliest fire.[11] Another Brief History of Butte County Butte County

Neighbors:
Plumas ~ Sierra ~ Yuba ~ Sutter
Colusa ~ Glenn  ~ Tehama

Books ~ Biographies

"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
 by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 
Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]

"The History of Butte County California- Volume II"
by Harry L Wells & W L Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco: 1882:
Biographical Index ~ Transcribed Bios[Genealogy Trails Site]

"History of Butte County, California with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County
Who have been Identified with its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present" [Google Books]

By George C. Mansfield

Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA - 1918
The Biographical Indexes are listed below:
A > F, F > S, S > Z

Miscellaneous Historical Records, Books & Pioneers
The Marysville appeal directory of Northern California for 1878
1884-1885 County & City Directory
Biography: J W Bowers Deaths from Historical Newspapers
Butte County Land Grants ~ Butte County Photographers
The Family of Kathryn Stewart, 1919-2013

"Goin' West: 1830 - 1880"
Compilers: Richard Nelson & Alice, Vols 1 - 4
Richard Nelson & Diana Whitworth, Vols 5 & 6 
This is a series of booklets detailing Families and Individuals coming to the Great Northwest,
each Volume is alphabetical.
Family Search has Vol's1 and 4 - 12: Please use this Link
FS does not have Vols 2 and 3: Use this link for Vol 2 and Vol 3

Mercantile GuideTo Cities and Suburbs
Of The
United States of America
California and Northwest Edition: 1893
Volume 3 [LDS Film 1000134]
Issued Annually
Copyrighted and Compiled By A Marks
Copyrighted at Washington D C, April 14th, 1890
San Francisco, Cal:
Published by the Mercantile Guide Co
403 Sansome Street

This is a really interesting Booklet.
It contains not only the Names of People, but their Business Name, Occupation and local Address.
Here are Page Images for Butte County:
Biggs ~ Chico, P 1, P2 ~ Gridley, P1 & 2 ~ Oroville, P 1, P 2


Historical Maps
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps [CA}
American Georgaphical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for California~ Railroad Maps, CA
And, of course, Google Earth

 Volunteers ~ Queries ~ Lookups
I found no list of Volunteers for Butte County. If you have access to local information and are willing to be a resource,
Please contact Martha

Queries: Cyndi's List has a selection of Lists for posting Queries

Lookup: Resource I have access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions] ~ HeritageHub ~ My Heritage
Contact: Martha

<<<What's New>>>

1 June 2025
California State Journal of Medicine

The California and American Medical Association began publishing Journals early in the 20th Century.
They contain a wealth of information which includes all sorts of Articles on Disease, Surgeries, and much
more.

Along with the Medical portion of the Journal are Memorials, Obituaries and Death Notices.
Additionally, there is a Section called the "Medical Board of Examiners" which tracks Crime within the Medical Community.

Here is a pdf with all of the information I have gleaned, included are links to all of the Issues