Chico
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- Chico, California
Chico (pop. 86,949) is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105,000 people in the urban area. The city is a cultural, economic, and educational center of the northern Sacramento Valley. Chico is home to California State University, Chico and Bidwell Park, one of the 25 largest municipal parks in the country.
Other major cities in close proximity to the Chico Metropolitan Area (population 212,000) include Paradise and Oroville. Towns and villages in the greater Chico area include Durham, Cohasset, Dayton, Nord, and Forest Ranch.
The official city nickname is "City of Roses" according to the Seal of the City of Chico, California. Chico has been designated as a Tree City USA for 23 years by the Arbor Day Foundation.
The original inhabitants of Chico were the Mechoopda Maidu.
Chico was founded by General John Bidwell, a member of one of the first wagon trains to reach California in 1843. Bidwell first came to the area in that same year as an...
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