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History · Butte Creek Canyon

2 of Butte Creek Canyon’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Centerville Schoolhouse and the Honey Run Covered Bridge. Most of Butte Creek Canyon was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1912 on.

2on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Butte Creek Canyon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Butte Creek Canyon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19123 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1969. Watch Butte Creek Canyon change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Butte Creek Canyon’s history is told.

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On the map

Butte Creek Canyon on the map, 1912 to 1969

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Butte Creek Canyon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Butte Creek Canyon on the 1912 USGS mapButte Creek Canyon on the 1951 USGS mapButte Creek Canyon on the 1969 USGS map1912Clear Creek sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Butte Creek Canyon.

The story so far

Butte Creek Canyon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Butte Creek Canyon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Butte Creek Canyon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. Butte Creek Canyon sits at an elevation of 1024 feet (312 m) in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The 2020 United States census reported Butte Creek Canyon's population was 780, down from 1,086 at the 2010 census. In November 2018, the Camp Fire destroyed a large portion of the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,086 to 780 (-28%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Butte Creek Canyon

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
1972
Centerville Schoolhouse
Centerville SchoolhouseHoney Run Covered Bridge, built 1887
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Architectural styles listings

Pratt Type Truss1
Centerville SchoolhouseBuilding
Honey Run Covered BridgePratt Type Truss · Built 1887

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Butte Creek Canyon

Nobody well known was born in Butte Creek Canyon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Aaron RodgersAmerican football player · b. 1983
Doug LaMalfaAmerican politician and businessman · b. 1960
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Donovan ScottAmerican actor · b. 1947
Pat MastelottoAmerican musician · b. 1955
Jack YermanAmerican sprinter · b. 1939
Brian CageAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1984
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Centerville
1cemetery inside Butte Creek Canyon
Centerville

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Magalia1 historic placeCParadiseIts storyDChico9 historic placesB

Questions about Butte Creek Canyon’s history

What is on the National Register in Butte Creek Canyon?

Two places: the Centerville Schoolhouse (listed 1972) and the Honey Run Covered Bridge (1988).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.