California
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El Dorado County

Placerville

Placerville is a town in in . It was a key supply hub during the Gold Rush, and was California's third-largest town when it was incorporated in 1857.
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  • Type: Town with 10,100 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Dry Diggings”, “Dry Diggins”, “Hangtown”, “Old Dry Diggings”, “Old Dry Diggins”, “Placerville, CA”, and “Placerville, California”
  • Postal code: 95667

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum and Placerville Airport.

Museum
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The Fountain-Tallman Soda Works is a historic building in Placerville, . It currently houses the Fountain & Tallman Museum, which is owned and operated by the El Dorado County Historical Society.

Aerodrome
is three miles east of Placerville, in , , United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport. is situated 2½ miles east of Placerville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Dorado.

Village
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located 4 miles southwest of Placerville, at an elevation of 1608 feet. is situated 4 miles southwest of Placerville.

Placerville

Latitude
38.7296° or 38° 43′ 47″ north
Longitude
-120.7985° or 120° 47′ 55″ west
Population
10,100
Elevation
1,867 feet (569 metres)
IATA airport code
PVF
Open location code
84CXP6H2+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150956500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5383559
Wiki­data ID
Q927485
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Placerville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلاسيرفيلي، إل دورادو، كاليفورنيا”
  • Arabic: “بليسرفيل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pleyservill”
  • Basque: “Placerville”
  • Belarusian: “Пласервіл”
  • Bulgarian: “Плейсървил”
  • Catalan: “Placerville”
  • Cebuano: “Placerville”
  • Chechen: “Плейсервилл”
  • Chinese: “Placerville”
  • Chinese: “普莱瑟维尔”
  • Chinese: “普萊瑟維爾”
  • Croatian: “Placerville”
  • Czech: “Placerville”
  • Danish: “Placerville”
  • Dutch: “Placerville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بليسرفيل”
  • Esperanto: “Placerville”
  • French: “Placerville”
  • German: “Placerville”
  • Gilaki: “پلاسیرویل”
  • Haitian: “Placerville”
  • Hebrew: “פלייסרוויל”
  • Hungarian: “Placerville”
  • Irish: “Placerville”
  • Italian: “Placerville”
  • Japanese: “プラサーヴィル”
  • Japanese: “プラサービル”
  • Korean: “플레이서빌”
  • Ladin: “Placerville”
  • Malagasy: “Placerville, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Placerville”
  • Malayalam: “പ്ലാസർവില്ലെ, കാലിഫോർണിയ”
  • Malayalam: “പ്ലാസർവില്ലെ”
  • Mazanderani: “پلسرویل (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “پلسرویل”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Placerville”
  • Newari: “प्लेसरभिल, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “प्लेसरभिल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Placerville”
  • Norwegian: “Placerville”
  • Pampanga: “Placerville, California”
  • Pampanga: “Placerville”
  • Persian: “پلسرویل”
  • Persian: “پلیسرویل، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “پلیسرویل”
  • Polish: “Placerville”
  • Portuguese: “Placerville”
  • Romanian: “Placerville, California”
  • Romanian: “Placerville”
  • Russian: “Пласервилл”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Placerville”
  • Serbian: “Placerville”
  • Serbian: “Plaservil”
  • Serbian: “Пласервил”
  • Serbian: “Плејсервил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Placerville, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Placerville”
  • Slovak: “Placerville”
  • Slovenian: “Placerville”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پلئیسرویل، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Placerville”
  • Swedish: “Placerville, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Placerville”
  • Tagalog: “Placerville, California”
  • Tagalog: “Placerville”
  • Tatar: “Плейсервилл (Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Плейсервилл”
  • Turkish: “Placerville, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Placerville”
  • Ukrainian: “Плейсервілл”
  • Urdu: “پلیسرویل، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Placerville”
  • Uzbek: “Плаcервилле”
  • Volapük: “Placerville”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Placerville, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Placerville”

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