Rescue, formerly Green Valley, El Dorado County, California, 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 north-northwest of Shingle Springs and north-northeast of Cameron Park. The zip code is 95672, and Rescue is located in

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. The town lies at an elevation of 1214 feet (370 m).

Locale

Rescue consists of primarily

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land,

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are a part of the

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and

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es 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

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trail between Placerville and

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Education

Rescue is served by the Rescue Union School District at the primary and middle school level. At the high school level, it is served by the

El Dorado Union High School District El Dorado Union High School District is a public 9-12th grade school district located in the southern half of El Dorado County, California. Schools There are four comprehensive high schools in the district * El Dorado High School, Placerville ( ...

, mainly at the Ponderosa High School campus.

Geography

Pine Hill Ecological Reserve 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

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soil habitat.

References

External links

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