Volcanoville

Coordinates: 38°58′55″N 120°47′21″W  /  38.98194°N 120.78917°W  / 38.98194; -120.78917

Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Georgetown,[2] at an elevation of 2992 feet (912 m).[1]

A post office operated at Volcanoville from 1930 to 1953.[2] The name is due to early miners' mistaken belief that a nearby mountain was an extinct volcano.[2]

The Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley.[3]

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