El Dorado County's Real Estate Market:
El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. Its 2004 population was estimated to be 172,889, its 2000 population was 156,299. The county seat is Placerville.
Much of the population of El Dorado County has become suburbanized, as the metropolitan Sacramento area has expanded. In addition, the population of the Lake Tahoe area has also boomed recently.
El Dorado County includes the cities of Placerville, Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, Ione, Plymouth, and the surrounding areas. Find residential homes, farms and ranches, vineyard property, equestrian property, condos & townhomes in addition to investment and golf course property as well as lots and land listings in the area.
City of Placerville - Placerville is a charming California Gold Rush town named after the placer gold deposits found in its river beds and hills in the last 1840s.
The City of Placerville is centrally located between Sacramento, the State capitol, and South Lake Tahoe, world-famous recreation area. Situated above the fog line and below the snow line, Placerville boasts an ideal climate with four distinct seasons. Placerville’s treasured heritage is reflected in the historical, nineteenth century architecture of it's downtown core. In addition, Placerville is the County seat and the center of financial, commercial, civic, and Government activity.
Cameron Park - Cameron Park is a relatively new community situated in the Northern California Gold Country of the Sierra Nevada foothills, approximately 30 miles east of Sacramento, the state capital, and 70 miles west of scenic South Lake Tahoe, and all the recreational opportunities of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Visionary Larry Cameron purchased the 5000 foothill acres that now encompass Cameron Park in the 50's for ranching purposes. Slowly, with the help of others, he divided the land into lots of varying sizes.
El Dorado Hills - Heading eastwards on US Highway 50 from the Sacramento Valley towards the Sierra Nevada Mountains, you see a transition in the landscape as you cross the El Dorado County Line. The lovely and welcoming community of El Dorado Hills is situated at the start of the golden foothills, located between the San Francisco Bay Area and the scenic Lake Tahoe Basin. El Dorado Hills is only 25 miles from the State Capital in Sacramento and is one of the most prestigious residential areas in Northern California.
El Dorado Hills is also the gateway to a picturesque mountain territory. The westward view opens to a vista of the Sacramento Valley and Folsom Lake, while the higher ridges offer a spectacular view of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
