Rescue, formerly Green Valley, El Dorado County, California, is an unincorporated community in

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 ...

, California. It is located north-northwest of

Shingle Springs Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. It is located about from Sacra ...

and north-northeast of Cameron Park. The zip code is 95672, and Rescue is located in area code 530. The town lies at an elevation of 1214 feet (370 m).

Locale

Rescue consists of primarily farmland,

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are a part of the Sierra Foothills AVA and ranches with an expanding amount of residential neighborhoods and businesses. Neighborhoods vary from tightly knit semi-suburban areas to more rural, spread out neighborhoods. Downtown Rescue is quite small, with only a post office, Fire Station, two churches, and a Community Center to distinguish it from the more rural areas. A restaurant operated in the former quarters of a longtime business known as Rescue Store which also sold gasoline, but has been closed for a few years.

History

The town of Rescue was established in 1895. The story goes that Andrew Hare was "rescued" from poverty by his mining, and named the town Rescue. The town was once a stop on the Pony Express trail between Placerville and

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Education

Rescue is served by the

Rescue Union School District The Rescue Union School District is a public school district in El Dorado County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of app ...

at the primary and middle school level. At the high school level, it is served by the El Dorado Union High School District, mainly at the Ponderosa High School campus.

Geography

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is located in Rescue. The Reserve is one unit of the much larger Pine Hill Preserve blm.gov.us Pine Hill Preserve official website
/ref> system that consists of five separate units of varying size that total more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) and protects eight rare plants and their gabbro soil habitat.

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* Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California Populated places established in 1895 1895 establishments in California {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub