Concow, California
| Concow | |
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| Census designated place | |
 Location in Butte County and the state of California |
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 Concow
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| Coordinates: 39°44′14″N 121°30′52″W / 39.73722°N 121.51444°WCoordinates: 39°44′14″N 121°30′52″W / 39.73722°N 121.51444°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Butte |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Jim Nielsen (R) |
| • Assemblymember | Brian Dahle (R) |
| • U. S. rep. | Doug LaMalfa (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.780 sq mi (71.950 km2) |
| • Land | 27.406 sq mi (70.981 km2) |
| • Water | 0.374 sq mi (0.969 km2) 1.35% |
| Elevation | 2,005 ft (611 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 710 |
| • Density | 26/sq mi (9.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 95965 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-16035 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1867007, 2407652 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Concow, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Concow, California | |
Concow (formerly, Con Cow) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) of 700 people in Butte County, California, United States. It is named after the Native American tribe that is indigenous to the area, the Concow Maidu [1]. The original inhabitants ate salmon from the Feather River, acorns and pine nuts, venison, nō-kōm-hē-i'-nē, and other sources of food which abounded in the California foothills.
"In the beginning Wahno-no-pem, the Great Spirit, made all things. Before he came, everything on the earth and in the skies was hidden in darkness and in gloom, but where he appeared he was the light. From his essence, out of his breath, he made the sun, the moon, and the countless stars, and pinned them in the blue vault of the heavens."
There is no indication that there was external governance of the Concow region or the tribal peoples that inhabited the region during the 1697–1821 Spanish colonization or the 1821–1846 Mexican era, characterized by the spread of Californio slave ranchos. The Concow region is 20 miles north of the city of Oroville (an Anglo-Hispanic compound meaning 'gold-town') and about the same distance east of the town of Chico; named for Rancho Arroyo Chico—meaning 'little creek ranch.' Rancho Arroyo Chico was established through a land-grant from the Mexican authorities in 1844, two years before , an indication that there was some Mexican governance near the Concow region, but no indication of governance of the region.
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