Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is located north-northeast of Georgetown, at an elevation of 2992 feet (912 m).
A post office operated at Volcanoville from 1930 to 1953. The name is due to early miners' mistaken belief that a nearby mountain was an extinct volcano.
Education The Black Oak Mine Unified School District serves Garden Valley.Home page. Black Oak Mine Unified School District. July 20, 2002. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
Mosquito Fire Several structures in Volcanoville were destroyed in the Mosquito Fire, a large, destructive wildfire that burned near the community of Foresthill in the Tahoe and Eldorado National Forests in Placer and El Dorado counties in California in September and October 2022.
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