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Concow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern Butte County, covering about 28 square miles off State Route 70.

Concow is named for the Concow Maidu tribe indigenous to the area; in the Maidu language the name is Koyoom K'awi, meaning 'Meadow.'

Permanent settlements were established in the Concow area by 1856, and toll bridges built across the Feather River in 1858 and 1859 connected the region to Oroville and Magalia.

A post office operated at Concow from 1882 to 1906, and the community's name was officially shortened from 'Con Cow' to 'Concow' in 1895.

Concow's population has declined for decades amid falling employment and repeated wildfires, from 1,392 people in 1990 to 710 in 2010 and just 402 in 2020.

The June 2008 Butte Lightning Complex fire destroyed 308 homes in Concow, about 54 percent of the community's housing.

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, destroyed most of Concow along with the neighboring town of Paradise; at least six Concow residents died, and some survivors escaped by jumping into a creek after a fallen tree blocked the main evacuation route.

Concow's 402 residents lived in 198 households in 2020, with a median age of 50.3 years, and 35% of its 305 housing units stood vacant in the fire's aftermath.

Concow's few landmarks include Concow Elementary School, the Concow Dam and Reservoir, and Concow Road, its primary paved access route.

Early computer pioneer Bill Godbout, a Concow resident, was among the people killed in the Camp Fire in 2018.