Volcanoville, California

Volcanoville is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 6 mi 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.

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.