Eldoradoville, California

Eldoradoville was a gold mining town in Los Angeles County, located in the San Gabriel Mountains. Established in 1859, Eldoradoville at its peak population had three stores and six saloons. It was washed away on January 18, 1862, in the Great Flood of 1862.[1][2]

Eldoradoville
Former settlement
Eldoradoville is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Eldoradoville
Eldoradoville
Location in Los Angeles County
Coordinates: 34.2297°N 117.7698°W / 34.2297; -117.7698
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles County
Established1859
Washed away1862

The site of Eldoradoville is on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River, on the north side of East Fork Road, where the Eldoradoville Campground is located at an elevation of 1866 ft.

References
  1. "The Great Floods of the San Gabriel Mountains" Archived 2008-04-26 at the Wayback Machine by Cecile Page Vargo, Explore Historic California, February 2005]
  2. Federal Writers Project, David Kipen, Los Angeles in The 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels, University of California Press, 2011, p. 303



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