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Placerville
A city of 10,762 people in California
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1903 STATIONERY PLACERVILLE CA TO SACRAMENTO ADVERTISING CROCKERY COVER front, 1903
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About Placerville
City in California, United States10,747Population
5.8 sq miArea
1,867 ftElevation
Placerville ( PLASS-ər-vil; placer, Spanish for "sand deposit", representing the placer mining that was predominant in the town's development, and ville, French for "town") is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 10,747 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,389 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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ZIP code95667
Area code530
Schools in Placerville
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#202Best public schoolsof 574 in CA
DistrictPlacerville Union ElementarySchools8
Sierra ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 402 students
Louisiana Schnell ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 370 students
Edwin Markham MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 431 students
El Dorado HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,135 students
Golden RidgeOther · Grades K–12
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