Volcanoville, California Explained

38.9819°N -120.7892°W

Volcanoville
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in California
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:El Dorado County
Coordinates:38.9819°N -120.7892°W
Elevation M:912
Elevation Ft:2992
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:231

Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 6miles north-northeast of Georgetown, at an elevation of 2992 feet (912 m).

A post office operated at Volcanoville from 1930 to 1953. The name is due to early miners' mistaken belief that a nearby mountain was an extinct volcano.

Education

The Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20020720053401/http://www.bomusd.k12.ca.us/ Home page