West Branch, California

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Coordinates: 39°58′45″N121°38′20″W / 39.97917°N 121.63889°W / 39.97917; -121.63889 West Branch (also, Westbranch) is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 15 miles (24 km) north of Paradise.^[1] A post office operated in West Branch from 1878 to 1911.^[1]

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Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 220,000. The county seat is Oroville.

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References

1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 333. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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[CGN-1] 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 333. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
County seat: Oroville
Cities and towns	Biggs Chico Gridley Oroville Paradise	Butte County map
CDPs	Bangor Berry Creek Butte Creek Canyon Butte Meadows Butte Valley Cherokee Clipper Mills Cohasset Concow Durham Forbestown Forest Ranch Honcut Kelly Ridge Magalia Nord Oroville East Palermo Rackerby‡ Richvale Robinson Mill South Oroville Stirling City Thermalito Yankee Hill
Unincorporated communities	Anita Big Bar Big Bend Blavo Brush Creek Camp Eighteen Cana Centerville Chapmantown Craig Cresta Dayton Deadwood DeSabla Dodge Place Dodgeland East Biggs East Gridley Elsey Esquon Fagan Feather Falls Helltown Hughes Place Hurleton Inskip Irish Town James Jonesville Junction House Kister Kramm Lomo Lovelock Lumpkin Mayaro Merrills Landing Merrimac Mineral Slide Nelson Nelsons Crossing Nimshew Oak Grove Old Forbestown Oregon City Oroleve Oroville Junction Paradise Pines Parkhill Peachton Pentz Poe Powellton Pulga Ramada Rancho Llano Seco Riceton Richardson Springs Robinsons Corner Roble Rogerville Shippee Stirling Junction Sunnyslope The Pines Toadtown Vista Robles Wicks Corner Wyandotte
Ghost towns	Appleton Avon Bagdad Bauka Bayu Berdan Bidwell Bidwell's Bar Big Ripples Blinzing Bloomer Brush Butte Creek Center Ville Chandon Channel Chardon Clear Creek Colbys Landing Coutolenc Craig Crouch David Dawlytown Diamondville Dredge Enterprise Eskini Evans Evansville Flea Valley Gimbal Gold Lake Greenland Gridley Colony Number One Gridley Colony Number Two Hamilton Haselbusch Hawk Ravine Hokomo Holhoto Honcut City Hume Hylandville Intake Isaiah Johnson Kalkalya Kulaiapto Land Las Plumas Lava Beds Long's Bar Lorraine Losee Luce Lynchburg Martinsburgh McKay Meadow Michopdo Mill City Millers Ranch Mortimer Moseley Mulberry Neals Diggins Nelson Bar New Blinzing Oak Arbor Ololopa Omit Bar Optimo Oregon Bar Orloff Ostrander Otaki Pacific Heights Paki Paradise Flat Phillips Corner Pipers Platts Pond Potter's Bar Powellton Meadow Quartz Richland Rio Seco Rock Creek Savona Soto South Fork Speedway Stanwood Summit Sundale Sunusi Swayne Swedes Flat Sycamore Crossing Tadoiko Taikus Tarr's Ranch Tilden Tolle's Old Diggings Totoma Tsuka Virginia Mills Wagners Wagstaff Ward West Branch Whiskey Flat (east) Whiskey Flat (west) Yankee Flat Yauko Yuman
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties