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Georgetown (formerly Growlersburg) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is the northeasternmost town in the California Mother Lode . [ 5 ] The population was 2,546 in the 2020 census , [ 6 ] up from 2,367 in 2010, and 962 in 2000.
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The region became famous for being the site of the 1848 discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush. As a result, the name "El Dorado" was derived from the Spanish word for, "The Gilded One". [8] [9] The County of El Dorado was one of California's original 27 counties created effective February 18, 1850 (the number has risen to 58 today).
End SR 193 sign at the eastern city limits of Lincoln, 2021 SR 193 approaching Taylor Road in Newcastle, 2015. SR 193 begins at the eastern city limits of Lincoln.The route formerly began at a junction with what was then SR 65 (now Lincoln Boulevard) in Lincoln, and was known as McBean Park Drive (SR 65 has since relocated to a new bypass alignment).
Map of California (in blue) and surrounding states showing telephone area codes, with this area code in red. If this map is the primary area code map of California (master map), no area code appears in red. Map is correct as of 2023-07-02.
State map showing the county names and linking to county data; California State Association of Counties- The Creation of Our 58 Counties, with Maps of the 58 Counties Each Decade ca.1850–1900; California State Association of Counties, Map of California Counties: c. 1907–Present
The publication was called "California's Golden Chain: the Mother Lode Highway (State Highway 49)". [16] In 1960, the organization published a revised version of the map and guide under the same title, this time designed and illustrated by William Wintle.
Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Georgetown, [2] at an elevation of 2992 feet (912 m). [1] A post office operated at Volcanoville from 1930 to 1953. [2] The name is due to early miners' mistaken belief that a nearby mountain was an extinct volcano. [2]