Garden Valley (formerly, Johntown) 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 on Johntown Creek north-northwest of Chili Bar, at an elevation of 1949 feet (594 m). A post office operated at Garden Valley from 1852 to 1853, from 1854 to 1862, from 1872 to 1895, and from 1896 to present (having moved in 1940). The place was originally called Johntown in honor of the sailor who discovered gold at the site. The name was changed in recognition that marketing vegetables was more lucrative than gold mining. The population in Garden Valley was 3,929 as of the 2020 census

Education

The

Black Oak Mine Unified School District Black Oak Mine Unified School District (BOMUSD) is a school district headquartered in Georgetown, unincorporated El Dorado County, California. The district, with of land in its territory,

serves Garden Valley.Home page
Black Oak Mine Unified School District. July 20, 2002. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.

References

External links

Garden Valley Mining Properties Collection, 1934-1938.
Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub