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Oroville
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city and county seat of Butte County, California, United States
Oroville is a city in California that serves as the county seat of Butte County, meaning it is the main administrative center for the county government. It is located in the northern Sacramento Valley region of California.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Butte
- Incorporated
- January 3, 1906
- City council
- Mayor: David Pittman , Vice Mayor : Eric Smith , Tracy Johnstone , Janet Goodson, Scott Thomson, Shawn Webber, Chuck Reynolds
- State senator
- Megan Dahle ( R )
- State assembly
- James Gallagher ( R )
- U s congress
- James Gallagher ( R )
- City
- 13.85 sq mi (35.88 km )
- Land
- 13.83 sq mi (35.83 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km ) 0.13%
- Elevation
- 167 ft (51 m)
- Density
- 1,448.7/sq mi (559.36/km )
- Urban
- 40,190
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Zip codes
- 95940, 95965, 95966
- Area codes
- 530, 837
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Oroville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Butte County
- Population
- 20042
- Area
- 33.700674
- Elevation
- 51
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Capital of
- Butte County
- Official website
- www.cityoforoville.org
- Image
- Historic downtown oroville.jpg
- Households
- 6591
- Dialing code
- 530
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- Commons category
- Oroville, California
- topic's main category
- Category:Oroville, California
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Oroville, California
- water as percent of area
- 0.142
- P8168
- Édouard Vuillard
- water area
- 0.047844
- per capita income
- 17961
- date of incorporation
- 1906-01-03
- postal code
- 95966
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Encyclopedic overview
Oroville (Oro, Spanish for "Gold" and Ville, French for "town") is a city in and the county seat of Butte County of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, Oroville had a population of 20,042. After the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed much of the town of Paradise, Oroville's population increased as many people who lost their homes moved there.
Oroville is considered the gateway to Lake Oroville and Feather River recreational areas. The Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California is headquartered in Oroville.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oroville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.