unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
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Butte County, California
Butte County () is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. The county seat is Oroville.
Butte County comprises the Chico, CA metropolitan statistical area. It is ...
, United States.
History
The settlement was founded as Sunnyslope Avocado Nursery in 1912. The nursery was noted for cultivating two new avocado varieties, the Duke and the Benedict.
Sunnyslope was described in 1977 as "an early land colony real estate development". In 2007, Sunnyslope had an estimated population of 20, and was noted as one of 51 "fire threatened communities" in rural Butte County.