Welcome to El Dorado County ...

Time Zone: El Dorado County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Placerville is the Seat for El Dorado County.

El Dorado County is one of the original counties of California and was founded in 1850.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> El Dorado had a population of 192,843 people. This is an increase of 6.46% since the last Census (which gave a population of 181,136 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, El Dorado represented 0.49% of the total population of California.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to California
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  • Website for the California State Archives

• Websites specific to El Dorado County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Alpine County
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  • Amador County
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  • Sacramento County
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  • Placer County
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  • Douglas County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of El Dorado County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of El Dorado County