38°42′42″N 120°57′05″W / 38.71167°N 120.95139°W
Rescue | |
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  Rescue Location in California  Rescue Rescue (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°42′42″N 120°57′05″W / 38.71167°N 120.95139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Elevation | 1,214 ft (370 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,568 |
Rescue is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located north-northwest of Shingle Springs and north-northeast of Cameron Park.[2] The zip code is 95672, and Rescue is located in area code 530. The town lies at an elevation of 1214 feet (370 m).[1]
Locale
editRescue consists of primarily farmland, vineyards are a part of the Sierra Foothills AVA and ranches with an expanding amount of residential neighborhoods and businesses. Neighborhoods vary from tightly knit semi-suburban areas to more rural, spread out neighborhoods. Downtown Rescue is quite small, with only a post office,[3] Fire Station,[4] two churches, and a Community Center[5] to distinguish it from the more rural areas. A restaurant operated in the former quarters of a longtime business known as Rescue Store[6] which also sold gasoline, but has been closed for a few years.
History
editThe town of Rescue[2] was established in 1895. The story goes that Andrew Hare was "rescued" from poverty by his mining, and named the town Rescue. The town was once a stop on the Pony Express[7] trail between Placerville and Folsom.
Education
editRescue is served by the Rescue Union School District at the primary and middle school level. At the high school level, it is served by the El Dorado Union High School District, mainly at the Ponderosa High School campus.
Geography
editPine Hill Ecological Reserve is located in Rescue. The Reserve is one unit of the much larger Pine Hill Preserve [8] system that consists of five separate units of varying size that total more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) and protects eight rare plants and their gabbro soil habitat.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rescue, California
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 545. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Post Office
- ^ Rescue Volunteer Fire Association
- ^ Rescue Community Center
- ^ Old Coloma Road
- ^ Pleasant Grove Pony Express station
- ^ blm.gov.us Pine Hill Preserve official website
External links
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