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Placerville is a city in El Dorado County, in the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade metro area.
It is the county seat.
The name refers to deposits containing gold particles; the mining technique of washing out the gold was called "placer mining"
The latitude of Placerville is 38.729N. The longitude is -120.797W.
It is in the Pacific Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,867 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 10,123.
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John Studebaker worked here as a wheelwright before returning to Indiana and founding the company that would become a major automaker
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The camp that will be named Placerville is earlier called Hangtown. When a mob forgets to tie the hands of a condemned man and he clutches the rope above him, someone beats his hands with a pistol until he lets go.
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17% of Placerville residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Placerville ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Placerville was $19,151, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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20% of Placerville residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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- El Dorado County Fair - June 14-17, 2007
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Median rent in Placerville, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $556. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,242.
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El Dorado County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Placerville political report.
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The average commute time for Placerville workers is 24 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
Hotels in Placerville include Best Western, Gold Country Inn, Historic Cary House Hotel, National 9 Inn, Shafsky House Bed B&B.
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