Volcanoville, California

38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W / 38.98194; -120.78917

Volcanoville
Unincorporated community
Volcanoville is located in California
Volcanoville
Volcanoville
Location in California
Volcanoville is located in the United States
Volcanoville
Volcanoville
Volcanoville (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W / 38.98194; -120.78917
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyEl Dorado County
Elevation
[1]
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

The Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley.[3]

Mosquito Fire

Several 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

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Volcanoville, California
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Home page. Black Oak Mine Unified School District. July 20, 2002. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.


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