For the place formerly called Berry Creek, see Virginia Mills, California

Virginia Mills, California

Virginia Mills is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on Berry Creek. A post office operated in Virginia Mills under the name Berry Creek, named from the water way....

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Berry Creek (formerly, Berry Valley) is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 about 12 miles (19.3 km) northeast of Oroville, California

Oroville, California

Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...

 in hilly terrain at 1995 feet (608.1 m) above mean sea level. The community is located along Oroville-Quincy

Quincy, California

Quincy is a census-designated place and the county seat of Plumas County, California. The population was 1,728 at the 2010 census, down from 1,879 at the 2000 census. Quincy is named after the city of Quincy, Illinois...

 Highway on the shore of Madrone Lake. The US Geological Survey shows coordinates of 39°38′43"N 121°24′12"W for the town. The community is home to Berry Creek Elementary School (K-8). Berry Creek is inside Area code 530

Area code 530

North American area code 530 is a California telephone area code that covers Auburn, Chico, Colfax, Davis, Grass Valley, Marysville, Oroville, Placerville, Redding, Red Bluff, Susanville, Truckee, Woodland, Yuba City and South Lake Tahoe....

 and wired phone numbers follow the format (530) 589-xxxx. The community's ZIP code is 95916, and is shared with the community of Brush Creek

Brush Creek, California

Brush Creek is an unincorporated community near Oroville in Butte County, California, United States....

 (which is about four miles or six kilometers east on Oroville-Quincy Highway). The population was 1,424 at the 2010 census.

There is a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is the State of California's agency responsible for fire protection in State Responsibility Areas of California as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests. It is often referred to as The California Department of...

 fire station at an area called Harts Mill just south of the community. This is a historic name for a community once located at 39°37′25"N 121°26′08"W. Harts Mill was probably a mining community named for a stamp mill. The USGS lists a variant name of Virginia Mill for the area.

History

Berry Creek's first post office was established in 1875 being transferred from Oak Arbor

Oak Arbor, California

Oak Arbor is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located near Creek. A post office opened at Oak Arbor in 1874 but was moved to Berry Creek in 1875....

; it changed locations several times before being closed in 1912. It was re-established in 1913, closed again in 1926, and re-opened in 1927.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Berry Creek had a population of 1,424. The population density

Population density

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 was 24.9 people per square mile (9.6/km²). The racial makeup of Berry Creek was 1,249 (87.7%) White, 8 (0.6%) African American, 48 (3.4%) Native American, 13 (0.9%) Asian, 3 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 13 (0.9%) from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 90 (6.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 98 persons (6.9%).

The Census reported that 1,424 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 652 households, out of which 99 (15.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 313 (48.0%) were opposite-sex married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 54 (8.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 32 (4.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 53 (8.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships

POSSLQ

POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....

, and 5 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 207 households (31.7%) were made up of individuals and 81 (12.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18. There were 399 families

Family (U.S. Census)

A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...

 (61.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.65.

The population was spread out with 183 people (12.9%) under the age of 18, 92 people (6.5%) aged 18 to 24, 203 people (14.3%) aged 25 to 44, 601 people (42.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 345 people (24.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.3 years. For every 100 females there were 111.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.0 males.

There were 983 housing units at an average density of 17.2 per square mile (6.6/km²), of which 525 (80.5%) were owner-occupied, and 127 (19.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%. 1,080 people (75.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 344 people (24.2%) lived in rental housing units.

Berry Creek Rancheria

The Tyme Maidu community of the Maidu nation has a similar-sounding community called Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

The Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians are a Native American people inhabiting a northeastern part California, south of Lassen Peak.They are a federally recognized Maidu tribe, headquartered in Oroville in Butte County. Their reservation is , located south of Oroville, and within a mile of...

 about 4.25 straight-line miles southeast on a bearing of 109 degrees off true North. The community is located along Bean Creek Road. The latitude and longitude for the Rancheria are 39°37′33"N 121°19′37"W on the Forbestown, California, 1994, 7.5-minute quadrangle. The tribal government gets mail at an Oroville

Oroville, California

Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...

location.