Welcome to Cool ...

Cool is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cool, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Time Zone: Cool lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Cool: (530)

The ZIP code for Cool: 95614<2>

The community of Cool was previously named Cave Valley.

Websites for Cool ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cool, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Cool ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cool - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cool.

Communities near Cool ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cool.

• Roseville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Roseville is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseville <3>
• Citrus Heights
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Heights
  • Citrus Heights is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 87,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Citrus Heights <3>
• Folsom
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
  • Folsom has also been known as:
  • Folsom City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <3>
• Rocklin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklin
  • Rocklin is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,159 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocklin <3>
• Lincoln
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Lincoln is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <3>
• Auburn
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <3>
• Placerville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <3>
• Loomis
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
  • Loomis is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loomis <3>
• Colfax
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Colfax is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <3>
• Bowman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
  • Bowman is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <3>

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 Cool. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cool.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cool. 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 Cool.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cool. See our Newspapers Page for Cool.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cool ...

Looking for more information about Cool? 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 Cool, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cool.

Adding Cool to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cool in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cool was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cool post office opened in 1885.

We also found Cool in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cool.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cool. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/