User:Smokeater37/Jarbo Gap

Jarbo Gap or Jarboe Gap is a geographical location in Butte County, CA. Located along Hiway 70, 23 miles north east of Oroville. There is a restaurant / cafe and a CAL FIRE (formerly CDF) State Fire Station located there. Both of these use the name Jarbo Gap or Jarboe Gap to identify themselves. As seen on this USGS topo map, Jarbo Gap is located at Lat 39.7377°N Long -121.4969°W http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-121.496914&lat=39.737662&datum=nad83 Hiway 70 drops down into the Feather River Canyon just east of Jarbo Gap. The nearest town is Paradise, and it is in the same zip code as Oroville.

It is possible that the area was named after this family, which came to the area from Kentucky: Benjamin and Ann Jarboe. U.S.Census shows that they were in the Kimshew area of Butte County in 1880 and in the Concow Township of Butte County in 1900. They had two children: Ellen M. Jarboe - born 1869 and Henry B. Jarboe - born 1872. Ann died in 1903 at Deadwood, near Yankee Hill, Butte Co., CA. Benjamin's parents were both born in France. Ann was from Ireland.