38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W
Volcanoville | |
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  Volcanoville Location in California  Volcanoville Volcanoville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Elevation | 2,992 ft (912 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 231 |
Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Georgetown,[2] at an elevation of 2992 feet (912 m).[1]
A post office operated at Volcanoville from 1930 to 1953.[2] The name is due to early miners' mistaken belief that a nearby mountain was an extinct volcano.[2]
Education
editThe Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley.[3]
Mosquito Fire
editSeveral structures in Volcanoville were destroyed in the Mosquito Fire, a large, destructive wildfire that burned near the community of Foresthill in the Tahoe and Eldorado National Forests in Placer and El Dorado counties in California in September and October 2022.
References
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- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Volcanoville, California
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 573. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Home page. Black Oak Mine Unified School District. July 20, 2002. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
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