El Dorado (

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for "The Golden") is an

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El Dorado County 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-A ...

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. It is located southwest of Placerville, at an elevation of 1608 feet (490 m). The population was 4,096 at the 2000 census. The town is registered as

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#486. The ZIP code is 95623. The community is inside

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History

El Dorado, "The Gilded One", was first known as Mud Springs from the boggy quagmire the cattle and horses made of a nearby watering place. Originally an important camp on the old

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, by 1849-50 it had become the center of a mining district and the crossroads for freight and

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lines. At the height of the rush its large gold production supported a population of several thousand. It was incorporated as the town of El Dorado in 1856. The first post office in Mud Spring was opened in 1851, the name was changed to El Dorado in 1855. The town incorporated in 1855 and disincorporated in 1857.

Politics

In the state legislature, El Dorado is in , and . Federally, El Dorado is in .

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California California Historical Landmarks Unincorporated communities in the Sacramento metropolitan area Populated places established in 1849 1849 establishments in California {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub