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Butte County, California
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Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."

Butte County is watered by the Feather River and the Sacramento River. Butte Creek and Big Chico Creek are additional perennial streams, both tributary to the Sacramento. It is the site of Feather Falls, the sixth largest waterfall in the United States. The county is the home of California State University, Chico.

In 1860 till it's closure during World War II in 1942, it was the deepest gold mine in North America, 5,912 feet.
 

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County Courthouse
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965-3316
Phone: (530)538-7224
Fax: (530)538-7120

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Neighboring counties

Colusa County, California
Glenn County, California
Plumas County, California
Tehama County, California
Sutter County, California
Yuba County, California

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