38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W / 38.98194°N 120.78917°W
Volcanoville | |
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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]
The Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley. [3]
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.