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El Dorado County,officially the County of El Dorado,is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The county is part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located entirely in the Sierra Nevada,from the historic Gold Country in the western foothills to the High Sierra in the east. El Dorado County's population has grown as Greater Sacramento has expanded into the region. Where the county line crosses US 50 at Clarksville,the distance to Sacramento is 15 miles. In the county's high altitude eastern end at Lake Tahoe,environmental awareness and environmental protection initiatives have grown along with the population since the 1960 Winter Olympics,hosted at the former Squaw Valley Ski Resort in neighboring Placer County.
Placerville is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County,California. 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–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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El Dorado is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County,California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Placerville,at an elevation of 1608 feet. The population was 4,096 at the 2000 census. The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #486. The ZIP code is 95623. The community is inside area code 530.
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Cool,formerly known as Cave Valley,is a small town in El Dorado County,California,about 40 miles (64 km) from Sacramento,the state capital. Cool is at an elevation of 1,532 feet.
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