Butte County, California Online Historical Directories

Butte County, California Online Historical Directories

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1860s - 1890s

California Voter Registers, 1866-1898 - $ (Ancestry)

Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba City and County Directories, McKenney, 1881 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

California State Government and Court Directory, unknown, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)

California Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co./Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1898 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)

 - includes Biggs, Chico, Gridley and Oroville

1900s - 1920s

California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico City Directory, Scollard, 1904-5 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Directory Publishing Company, 1907 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Directory Publishing Company, 1909 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Directory Publishing Company, 1910 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1911 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Biggs, Durham, Gridley, Hamilton City, Oroville, Paradise, and Stirling City

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1912 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Biggs, Durham, Gridley, Hamilton City, Oroville, Palermo, Paradise, Stirling City, and Wyandotte

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1913 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Biggs, Durham, Gridley, Hamilton City, Oroville, Palermo, Paradise, Stirling City, and Wyandotte

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1914 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1915 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1916 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1918 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Biggs, Durham, Gridley, and Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1921 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

Chico City Directory, Polk, 1922 - Free (Butte County Library)

 - includes Oroville

 - can be opened in one complete or several smaller .pdf documents

1930s - 1950s

California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1937-8 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1948 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1950 - $ (Ancestry)

Chico and Oroville City Directories, Polk, 1952 - $ (Ancestry)

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