Volcanoville, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

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

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Volcanoville

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Volcanoville

Volcanoville (the United States)

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Coordinates: 38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W / 38.98194; -120.78917CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyEl Dorado CountyElevation

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2,992 ft (912 m)Population

(2010)

• Total231

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

^ ^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.