For other places with the same name, see Paradise, California .
Paradise, California Town of Paradise Welcome to Paradise sign on Clark road Welcome to Paradise sign on Clark road Flag of Paradise, California Flag Official seal of Paradise, California Paradise, California is positioned in the US Paradise, California - Paradise, California Website Paradise, California Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, California.
The town of Paradise is 10 miles (16 km) east of Chico and 85 miles (137 km) north of Sacramento.
The Paradise region extends northward from Paradise to include the unincorporated town of Magalia, and such lesser communities as Stirling City, eleven miles north.
Elevation of the town is 1,778 feet (542 m), as stated to the GNIS. The town is approximately eight miles east of the town/city of Chico, and ten miles north of the Oroville area.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 18.3 square miles (47 km2), over 99% of it land.
The first postal service was established at Paradise in 1877; it closed for a time in 1911, but was re-established later that year, when the postal service at Orloff was closed. Paradise incorporated in 1979. For many years, the Butte County Railroad directed trains along the ridge, serving mines and sawmills.
A legend persists that the town was titled because it was the home of the Pair o' Dice Saloon, an idea supported by the fact than an official 1900 barns map referred to the town as "Paradice".
Gene Sylva, a former mayor of the close-by town of Oroville, has stated that the saloon story is false, and that the true etymology of the town's name is traced to his great-great-grandfather, William Pierce Leonard, who titled the town on a summer day in 1864, after a hot and dusty ride from the Sacramento Valley.
Arriving at his sawmill while the staff were on break, Leonard "took a deep breath of the cool, clean air, and exclaimed, 'Boys, this is paradise.'" In June 2008, a wildfire, titled the "Humboldt Fire" for its point of origin, swept over 22,800 acres (92 km2) of territory between Chico and Paradise.
As many as 9300 citizens were forced to evacuate southwestern Paradise until the fire could be brought under control. Also in July 2008 another fire, the Camp Fire, burned on the northern side of Paradise in the canyon where the Feather River is located.
Paradise has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) as stated to the Koppen climate classification system.
Climate data for Paradise (1957-2012) Average rain days 12 11 12 8 5 2 0 1 2 5 10 11 79 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Paradise had a populace of 26,218.
The ethnic makeup of Paradise was 24,129 (92.0%) White, 112 (0.4%) African American, 301 (1.1%) Native American, 330 (1.3%) Asian, 24 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 416 (1.6%) from other competitions, and 906 (3.5%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 25,810 citizens (98.4% of the population) lived in homeholds, 139 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 269 (1.0%) were institutionalized.
There were 11,893 homeholds, out of which 2,574 (21.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 5,227 (44.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,308 (11.0%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 511 (4.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 4,501 citizens (17.2%) under the age of 18, 1,858 citizens (7.1%) aged 18 to 24, 4,822 citizens (18.4%) aged 25 to 44, 8,466 citizens (32.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,571 citizens (25.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
17,381 citizens (66.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 8,429 citizens (32.1%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,408 citizens , 11,591 homeholds, and 7,244 families residing in the town.
There were 11,591 homeholds out of which 23.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families.
In the town the populace was spread out with 20.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.7% of families and 12.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
The State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development defines Feather River Hospital as a General Acute Care Hospital in Paradise with Basic emergency care as of August 22, 2006.
Paradise is served by Paradise Unified School District as well as a several autonomous Charter and Private Schools.
Paradise Elementary School (K-5) Paradise Intermediate School (6-8) Paradise High School (9-12) Paradise Charter Middle School (6 -8) Other Paradise Schools include: Paradise Adventist Academy, Paradise Elearning Charter (Online 9-12) There are not many options for transit inside Paradise other than driving an automobile.
Paradise's link with Chico, Skyway Road (referred to locally as simply "Skyway"), begins in the Sacramento Valley, at the Highway 99 freeway in Chico, and runs up the ridge as a 4-lane divided highway until it reaches Paradise.
Paradise is connected to Oroville via Highway 191, otherwise known as Clark Road upon entering the town.
The Paradise Memorial Trail is a paved pedestrian and bicycle path which runs through town on the path of the former barns tracks dominant up the ridge.
However, aside from points along this path, the very hilly terrain of the town, coupled with the large spacing of commercial areas and large territory area make Paradise difficult to navigate on foot or on a bicycle, in addition to the lack of sidewalks.
Paradise Skypark (FAA identifier: Q88) is an airport positioned alongside to State Route 191 and south of the town at 39 42 38 N 121 36 59 W.
Eclectic Internet airways broadcast Radio Paradise webcasts from Paradise.
The small-town journal is the Paradise Post. Scenes from Gone with the Wind were filmed in Paradise off of Stark Lane. Paradise was also used in the comic strip "Pickles", by Brian Crane, on June 22, 2011.
Actress Carla Gugino moved to Paradise with her mother at the age of 5. Norton Buffalo died in Paradise on 30 October 2009. Old West legend Luther Kelly resided in Paradise for the last 13 years of his life.
NFL wide receiver Jeff Maehl is from Paradise.
Musician Richard Campbell interval up in Paradise, graduated from Paradise High School in 1977, and went on to perform with Natalie Cole, Three Dog Night, Dave Mason, Edgar Winter and America. Town of Paradise.
"Paradise (Town) Quick - Facts".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paradise, California California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.
"Paradise fire evacuees starting to return home".
"PARADISE, CA (046685)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Paradise town".
Paradise Post website Ontheridge.com: Paradise history + geography Paradise Ridge Chamber of Commerce website Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
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