Welcome to Placerville ...

The city of Placerville is located in El Dorado County<1> and is the County Seat for El Dorado County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Placerville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

The city was incorporated May 13, 1854.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Placerville has a population of 11,100 people<2> (see below for details).

Placerville is 1,920 feet [585 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Placerville: (530)

The ZIP code for Placerville: 95667<4>

Websites for Placerville ...

Official Website:   www.ci.placerville.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Placerville had an population of 11,100 people. This is an increase of 6.84% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 15.5% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Placerville had a population of 10,389 people (or 5.74% of the total population of El Dorado County). This makes Placerville the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Placerville represents 0.03% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 366th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 10,389 people, the population of Placerville increased 8.11% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 9,610 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Placerville.

Communities Also Named Placerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Placerville - they are located in Colorado, 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.

• Folsom
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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 <5>
• Auburn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • 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 <5>
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• El Dorado
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • El Dorado is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <5>
• Camino
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camino
  • Camino is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camino <5>
• Coloma
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
  • Coloma is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coloma <5>
• Newtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
• Lotus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
  • Lotus is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lotus <5>
• Pleasant Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
• Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
  • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County

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. Our list includes 38 papers. 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Placerville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Placerville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Placerville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Placerville: www.ci.placerville.ca.us/

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

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