Placerville, Colorado

About Placerville

Placerville, CO is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern Colorado.

Placerville holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.77 square miles.

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What Makes Placerville Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

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