Butte County is a county in the state of California. It is in the United States. The county borders Tehama County to the north and Glenn County to the west. It is in the north part of the Central Valley of California. Butte County was founded in 1850.

Its county seat is Oroville, and its biggest city is Chico. The county has a land area of 1,677 square miles (4,343 square kilometers), 38 square miles (98 square kilometers) of which is water. The Sacramento River flows along it in a north-south direction and the Feather River flows through it in an east-west direction. The Sierra Nevada mountains rise above the county on the east side.

California State Route 32, California State Route 70, and California State Route 99 run through the county. Airports in the county include Chico Municipal Airport, Oroville Municipal Airport, Paradise Airport, Ranchaero Airport and Richvale Airport.

• Butte County Official Website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
County seat: Oroville
Cities and towns	Biggs Chico Gridley Oroville Paradise
CDPs	Bangor Berry Creek Butte Creek Canyon Butte Meadows Butte Valley Cherokee Clipper Mills Cohasset Concow Durham Forbestown Forest Ranch Honcut Kelly Ridge Magalia Nord Oroville East Palermo Rackerby‡ Richvale Robinson Mill South Oroville Stirling City Thermalito Yankee Hill
Unincorporated communities	Big Bend Brush Creek Cana Centerville Chapmantown Dayton DeSabla East Gridley Feather Falls Helltown Hurleton Inskip Jonesville Lomo Lovelock Mayaro Merrimac Nelson Nimshew Old Forbestown Paradise Pines Powellton Pulga Richardson Springs Sunnyslope Toadtown Wyandotte
Ghost towns	Bagdad Bauka Bayu Bidwell's Bar Coutolenc Diamondville Enterprise Eskini Flea Valley Hamilton Hokomo Holhoto Isaiah Kalkalya Kulaiapto Lumpkin Lynchburg Michopdo Neals Diggins Nelson Bar Ololopa Oregon City Otaki Paki Rock Creek Sunusi Tadoiko Taikus Totoma Tsuka Yauko Yuman
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties