El Dorado, California - Wikipedia

Unincorporated community in California, United States For the town formerly named El Dorado in Calaveras County, California, see Mountain Ranch, California.

38°40′58″N 120°50′52″W / 38.68278°N 120.84778°W / 38.68278; -120.84778

Unincorporated community in California, United States

El Dorado
Unincorporated community
Poor Red's Bar-B-Q in downtown El Dorado
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Coordinates: 38°40′58″N 120°50′52″W / 38.68278°N 120.84778°W / 38.68278; -120.84778
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation[1]	1,610 ft (490 m)
California Historical Landmark
Official name	El Dorado, California[2]
Reference no.	486
California Historical Landmark
Official name	El Dorado-Nevada House [3]
Reference no.	700

El Dorado (Spanish for "The Golden") is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Placerville,[4] at an elevation of 1608 feet (490 m).[1] The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #486.[2] The ZIP code is 95623. The community is inside area code 530.

History

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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 Carson Trail, by 1849-50 it had become the center of a mining district and the crossroads for freight and stagecoach 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. El Dorado was a station of the Central Overland Pony Express. On April 13, 1860, William (Sam) Hamilton, a pony rider, changed horses at the Nevada House, he was carrying the first westbound mail of the Pony Express from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento.

The first post office in Mud Spring was opened in 1851, the name was changed to El Dorado in 1855.[4] The town incorporated in 1855 and disincorporated in 1857.[4]

In 1945, a bar in an 1850s building, originally a Wells Fargo weigh station, was converted into roadside barbecue joint, called Poor Red’s Bar-B-Q. Because the town is roughly halfway between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, drivers - including the Rat Pack - frequently stopped there.[5]

Politics

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In the state legislature, El Dorado is in the 1st senatorial district, represented by Republican Megan Dahle,[6] and the 5th Assembly district, represented by Republican Joe Patterson.[7]

Federally, El Dorado is in California's 5th congressional district, represented by Republican Tom McClintock.[8]

References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Dorado, California
2. ^ a b "El Dorado". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
3. ^ "El Dorado-Nevada House". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
4. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 481. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
5. ^ Tremaine, Julie (July 1, 2024). "Once a Rat Pack favorite, this restaurant between San Francisco and Tahoe is unmissable". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
6. ^ "Senators". State of California. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
7. ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
8. ^ "California's 5th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
County seat: Placerville
Cities	Placerville South Lake Tahoe
CDPs	Auburn Lake Trails Cameron Park Camino Cold Springs Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Grizzly Flats Meyers Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡
Unincorporatedcommunities	Camp Richardson Clarksville Cool Echo Lake El Dorado Fair Play Fallen Leaf Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gold Hill Greenwood Kelsey Kyburz Latrobe Little Norway Lotus Meeks Bay Mount Aukum Nashville Newtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Phillips Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Quintette Rescue Riverton Sciots Camp Sierra Springs Sly Park Smithflat Somerset Strawberry Twin Bridges Volcanoville White Hall
Formersettlements	Buckeye Flat Caldor Green Valley Higgins Point Indak Jayhawk Powningville Rubicon Rubicon Springs Salmon Falls Wentworth Springs Yalisumni
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e Greater Sacramento
Counties	El Dorado Nevada Placer Sacramento Sutter Yolo Yuba
Major city	Sacramento
Citiesandtowns	100k–200k Elk Grove Roseville 25k–100k Antelope Arden-Arcade Carmichael Citrus Heights Davis El Dorado Hills Fair Oaks Florin Folsom Foothill Farms Galt Lincoln North Highlands Orangevale Rancho Cordova Rocklin West Sacramento Woodland Yuba City 10k–25k Auburn Cameron Park Diamond Springs Gardnerville Ranchos (NV) Granite Bay Grass Valley La Riviera Lemon Hill Linda Marysville North Auburn Olivehurst Parkway Placerville Rio Linda Rosemont South Lake Tahoe Truckee Vineyard
Sub-regions	Gold Country Lake Tahoe Sacramento Valley Sierra Nevada Yuba–Sutter area

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