Lovelock is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Butte County

Butte County, California

Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 220,000. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."Butte County is watered by the...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It is located 2.5 miles (4 km) west-southwest of Stirling City

Stirling City, California

Stirling City is a census-designated place in Butte County, California, located on Paradise Ridge in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Contrary to its name, Stirling City is an unincorporated community. Its ZIP Code is 95978 and area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 3570 feet...

 and lies at an elevation of 3136 feet (956 m).

The place gained its name when the post office moved northwards from its former location at George Lovelock's settlement in what later became known as Coutolenc

Coutolenc, California

Coutolenc is a former settlement in Butte County, California, that was located northeast of Paradise.-History:...

. 'New Lovelock' then had a slaughterhouse, a store and a school, and the post office remained open from 1871 to 1922. The healthy mountain air has drawn many to settle along the roads running north through the forest from the Skyway road and there is now a restaurant there called the Lovelock Inn.