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Butte Meadows, California
CDP
About Butte Meadows
Set in the northwestern part of California, Butte Meadows is a small unincorporated community.
Butte Meadows holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.14 square miles.
📰 Butte Meadows News Today
- Butte Meadows Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
- Historic Colby Mountain Lookout reopens after public outcry, veteran spotter returns Action News Now · Jun 12
- ‘Chains required’: Snow blankets Butte County ridges | Photos - Chico Enterprise-Record Chico Enterprise-Record · Feb 17
- Battalion 2 Butte County · Mar 10
- Snow blankets Butte Meadows as bomb cyclone impacts Northstate KRCR · Nov 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Butte Meadows Unique
- The only place in America named Butte Meadows — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northwestern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 17 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Butte Meadows
- Deer Creek Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateCalifornia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.14 sq mi
Coordinates40.0853, -121.5427