Concow, CA

Concow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Butte County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 402 residents. On November 8, 2018, a wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of Concow, as well as the adjacent municipality of Paradise. Concow is named after the Native American tribe that is indigenous to the area, the Concow Maidu. Historically the Concow region supported hunter-gatherer societies, turpentine extraction, dairy farming, ranching, forestry, water supply, and in the areas outside the granite sands - Quartz reef mining and related industries.

The region is zoned for timber production, 5 to 10ac foothill residential, a small area for 1ac foothill residential, and a couple small areas for commercial. The Concow Elementary School, of the Golden Feather district, is located in the community. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Concow, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Concow, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.