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- Completed 1861 After several unsuccessful electoral efforts to move the county seat from Coloma to their town, citizens of Placerville in 1857 successfully lobbied the state Legislature to order the move.
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El Dorado County's seat, Placerville, is located 45 miles from Sacramento, the state's capital. The leadership of the movement acknowledges that it is unlikely that the California legislature would approve their separation from the state, as required by the United States Constitution .
El Dorado, Spanish for "Golden One", was one of the original 27 Counties of the State of California, formed by an Act on February 18, 1850. Coloma was the first County seat of El Dorado County, but when the gold began to become scarce the County seat was moved to Placerville in 1857.
May 26, 2015 · Coloma became the El Dorado County seat based on a provision in the 1850 statute creating counties that El Dorado county seat would be “Colloma” or Placerville, whichever was chosen by the voters at the first election for county judges. The spelling in the statute was “Colloma” but the name was later changed to “Coloma”.
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Jan 24, 2015 · From its creation in February 18, 1850, as one of California’s original twenty-seven counties, El Dorado County has seen its boundaries change nearly a dozen times – often drastically.
May 26, 2015 · Alpine County was created in 1864 from five counties: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties. Its present territory has six histories. Territory was in El Dorado County from 1850 to 1864 when it was moved to Alpine County.
El Dorado, Spanish for “Golden One,” was one of the original 27 counties of the State of California, established in 1850. Coloma was the first county seat of El Dorado County, but when its gold deposits began to dwindle, the county seat was moved to Placerville in 1857.
El Dorado County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. The county seat is Placerville.
