Helltown
Helltown is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It lies 4 miles north-northwest of Paradise, at an elevation of 873 feet inside Butte Creek Canyon.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Helltown, CA” and “Helltown, California”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centerville and Nimshew.
Centerville
Hamlet
Centerville is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States, situated along Butte Creek. It was midway between Helltown and Diamondville. The area is approximately one and three-quarter miles, straight-line distance, west of Paradise. Centerville is situated 1½ miles south of Helltown.
Nimshew
Hamlet
Nimshew is a former mining town in Butte County, California, United States, formed to house workers at the nearby Nimshew gold mine. It lies at an elevation of 2507 feet. Nimshew had a post office from 1880 to 1923. It is now a neighborhood of Magalia. Nimshew is situated 3 miles northeast of Helltown.
Paradise
Town
Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 4,764, a decline of over 80% from the 26,218 residents recorded in the 2010 census. Paradise is situated 4 miles southeast of Helltown.
Helltown
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Butte County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.81155° or 39° 48′ 42″ north
Longitude
-121.6597° or 121° 39′ 35″ west
Elevation
873 feet (266 metres)
Open location code
84FWR86R+J4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Helltown” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هيلتاون”
- Chinese: “地獄”
- French: “Helltown”
- Irish: “Helltown”
- Persian: “هلتاون، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “هلتاون”
- South Azerbaijani: “هلتوون، کالیفورنیا”
- Turkish: “Helltown”
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