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Welcome to Berry Creek ...

Berry Creek is located in Butte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Berry Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Berry Creek: Berry Crk. (or less commonly used: Berry Ck. or Berry Cr.)

Berry Creek is 1,990 feet [607 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Berry Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Berry Creek: 530 & 837<3>

The ZIP code for Berry Creek: 95916<4>

Communities near Berry Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Berry Creek.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Berry Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Berry Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Berry Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berry Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Berry Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Berry Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Berry Creek ...

Looking for more information about Berry Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Berry Creek, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Berry Creek.

Adding Berry Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Berry Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Berry Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Berry Creek post office opened in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Berry Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Berry Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Berry Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Berry Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Berry Creek). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Berry Creek or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/