Barber, California
Encyclopedia
Barber is an unincorporated community
in Butte County
, California
. It lies at an elevation of 190 feet (58 m). It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Chico
, along the Southern Pacific Railroad
; as Chico has expanded, it has so encroached on Barber that Barber is sometimes considered a neighborhood of Chico. Barber is named for O. C. Barber
, president of the Diamond Match Company
which had a factory here.
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 lies at an elevation of 190 feet (58 m). It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Chico
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
, along the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
; as Chico has expanded, it has so encroached on Barber that Barber is sometimes considered a neighborhood of Chico. Barber is named for O. C. Barber
O. C. Barber
Ohio Columbus Barber was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He was called "America's Match King" because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company, which had 85 per cent of the market in 1881. He founded the city of Barberton, Ohio in 1891 and moved his...
, president of the Diamond Match Company
Diamond Match Company
The Diamond Match Company was the largest manufacturer of matches in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Jarden is the current owner of the Diamond brand.-History:...
which had a factory here.