Welcome to Greenwood ...

Greenwood is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

Greenwood is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Greenwood: (530)

The ZIP code for Greenwood: 95635<3>

Websites for Greenwood ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

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

Communities Also Named Greenwood ...

While we believe that this Greenwood is located in El Dorado County, we know of another 4 California communities named Greenwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino and Sonoma County.

Beyond California, there are 120 communities that are also named Greenwood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arizona, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, Colorado (2), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (5), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Kansas (4), Kentucky (6), Louisiana (5), Maine (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (6), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (5), Utah, Virginia (5), Washington (5), West Virginia (5) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Greenwood ...

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

• Rocklin
  (18 miles [29 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 <4>
• Auburn
  (8 miles [12.9 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 <4>
• Placerville
  (13 miles [20.9 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 <4>
• Loomis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • 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 <4>
• Colfax
  (14 miles [22.5 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 <4>
• Garden Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Garden Valley is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Valley <4>
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
• Cool
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
  • Cool is located in El Dorado County
  • Former name for Cool:
  • Cave Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cool <4>
• Coloma
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
  • Coloma is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coloma <4>
• Lotus
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
  • Lotus is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lotus <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenwood ...

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

Adding Greenwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenwood 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 Greenwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Greenwood post office opened in 1852.

We also found Greenwood in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwood. 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/