Durham is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States.

Durham's main agricultural products are almonds and walnuts.

[4] Durham was built on the site of a former Maidu settlement known as Eskini (also, Erskins and Es-kin).

[5] Durham was an experimental cooperative agricultural colony established under the 1917 California State and Settlement Act (AICP Exam Prep 3.0, 2014).

It is named for W. W. Durham, member of the California State Assembly.

The Durham Flour Mill, which burned down several times, was an integral part of this community.

[citation needed] On June 1, 2011, a tornado rated EF1, struck south of Durham, uprooting thousands of almond trees, destroying an out building and damaging a barn.

At the 2000 census there were 5,220 people, 1,914 households, and 1,466 families residing in Durham.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.18% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 3.58% from other races, and 2.59% from two or more races.