Oroville, California

The town was originally named "Ophir City", but was renamed Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854 (oro is Spanish for "gold").

Sank Park, a lush shaded garden with a gazebo, encompasses an entire city block that Judge Lott bought in 1855 for $200 Hammon Park Hewitt Park Rotary Park Martin Luther King Jr.

Lott Home in Sank Park – A Victorian revival home built in 1856 by "Judge" Lott.

770 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places) was built in 1863 to cater to the biggest Chinese colony north of Sacramento.

=== Print === The Oroville Mercury-Register is a newspaper published in the city and dates back to 1873.

=== 1881 lynching === On August 7, 1881, pioneer Jack Crum was allegedly stomped to death by local bully Tom Noacks in Chico, California.

She built a large cannery in Oroville and by 1900 was the president of the world's largest canned olive factory.

The City of Oroville was incorporated on January 3, 1906.

When he appeared out of the hills in East Oroville in 1911, he was immediately thrust into the national spotlight.

The Hmong people were given blanket political asylum after the fall of Saigon to the NVA in 1975.

=== Hate groups === Hate groups began appearing in Oroville media stories beginning in 1976 with a neo-Nazi husband and wife couple killed in a shootout.

In 1980, members of the American Nazi Party moved to Oroville from Tracy, California, to re-organize as Chico Area National Socialists.

In September 1982, 17-year-old Joseph Hoover was murdered by his Nazi colleagues after he told police he helped spread anti-Black hate literature at Oroville High School.

This was included on the Union Pacific Railroad's Feather River Canyon Subdivision in 1983.

plant was listed on September 21, 1984, for pentachlorophenol (PCP), dioxin, furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals (copper, chromium, and arsenic) co...

The Louisiana-Pacific sawmill was listed on June 10, 1986, for pentachlorophenol (PCP), dioxin, furan, heavy metal (arsenic, boron, and copper), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocar...

The Western Pacific Railroad yard was listed on August 30, 1990, for volatile organic compound (VOC) and heavy metals (arsenic, lead, and chromium) contamination.

Following remediation, the site was delisted on November 21, 1996.

The sawmill was shut down in 2001.

The station was built by numerous volunteers from Oroville and around the region in April 2002 at the second Prometheus Radio Project barnraising.

In January 2004, a white power publication was distributed in the Kelly Ridge area east of Oroville.

Riverbend Park is a 210-acre (85 ha) park on the Feather River established in 2006.

== Sister cities == – Salem, Massachusetts (United States) 2007 == References == == External links == Official website

In 2010, 773 people of Hmong descent lived in the city of Oroville, 726 in South Oroville, 640 in Thermalito, and 140 in Oroville East.

=== Fire department === The Oroville Fire Department is responsible for calls within the city jurisdiction of approximately 13 square miles (34 km2) with a population of 16,260 ...

In 2016, an Oroville man was found spreading Nazi hate messages in Sacramento.

=== Oroville Dam crisis === On February 7, 2017, after heavy rains, a defect formed in a spillway of Oroville Dam.

After the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed much of the town of Paradise, Oroville's population increased as many people who lost their homes moved there.

=== Top employers === According to the city's 2020–2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: === Tourism === The Oroville Dam is the tall...

The median household income in 2023 was $51,893, and the per capita income was $25,124.