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Welcome to Placerville ...Placerville is located in San Miguel County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Placerville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Placerville is 7,310 feet [2,228 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Placerville is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Placerville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Placerville: (970) The ZIP code for Placerville: 81430<3> Communities Also Named Placerville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Placerville - they are located in California, Idaho and Nevada. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Placerville. Communities near Placerville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Placerville.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Placerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Placerville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Placerville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Placerville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Placerville. See our Newspapers Page for Placerville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Placerville ...Looking for more information about Placerville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Placerville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Placerville. Adding Placerville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Placerville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Placerville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Placerville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Colorado (1947). For more details, see References and Mentions for Placerville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Placerville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for San Miguel County: www.sanmiguelcounty.org/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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