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Placerville
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city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- El Dorado
- Incorporated
- May 13, 1854
- Mayor
- John Clerici
- Total
- 5.84 sq mi (15.13 km )
- Land
- 5.84 sq mi (15.13 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0.01%
- Elevation
- 1,867 ft (569 m)
- Density
- 1,840/sq mi (710.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area code
- 530, 837
- Fips code
- 06-57540
- Gnis feature ids
- 277577 , 2411433
- Website
- www .cityofplacerville .org
- Official name
- Placerville - Overland Pony Express Route
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Placerville (/ˈplæsərvɪl/, PLASS-ər-vil; placer, Spanish for "sand deposit", representing the placer mining that was predominant in the town's development, and ville, French for "town") is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 10,747 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,389 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Placerville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.