POPULATION: 221,273

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Bill Connelly
• District 2 – Larry Wahl
• District 3 – Maureen Kirk
• District 4 – Steve Lambert
• District 5 – Doug Teeter

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Charter

BUTTE. County seat, Oroville. Created February 18, 1850. Its name is derived from the Marysville or Sutter Buttes, which lay within the boundaries when it was created. The word butte is derived from the Teutonic word meaning “a blunt extension or elevation.” In the French language, it signifies “a small hill or mound of earth detached from any mountain range.”