Enterprise, Butte County, California


Enterprise is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It was located west-northwest of Forbestown on the South Fork of the Feather River, at an elevation of 902 feet. In 1968, it was inundated by Lake Oroville.
A post office operated at Enterprise from 1878 to 1926, with a brief closure in 1903. The town was founded in 1852 as Mountain Spring and used as a construction camp. Its later economy was based on being a supply center for the mining operations nearby, especially near Bidwell's Bar. The mining town of Yankee Flat was located southeast of Enterprise.