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History · Cold Springs

Half of Cold Springs’ homes were built after 1973

Most of Cold Springs was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cold Springs’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cold Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Cold Springs, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cold Springs yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cold Springs (formerly Cold Spring) is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Placerville, at an elevation of 1207 feet (368 m). The CDP had a population of 556 as of the 2020 census. A post office operated at Cold Spring (as it was then called) from in or before 1852 to 1874.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 446 to 556 (+25%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Cold Springs on the map, 1949 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cold Springs. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cold Springs on the 1949 USGS mapCold Springs on the 1950 USGS mapCold Springs on the 1973 USGS map1949Placerville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cold Springs.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cold Springs

Nobody well known was born in Cold Springs itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kane HodderAmerican actor and stunt performer · b. 1955
Stacy DragilaAmerican pole vaulter · b. 1971
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Tomas AranaAmerican actor · b. 1955
Ben Nighthorse CampbellNorthern Cheyenne politician, athlete and ranch… · b. 1933
Aspen LaddAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1995
Gabriela KnutsonCzech tennis player · b. 1997

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.