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Placerville is the county seat of El Dorado County, California. The population was 9,610 inhabitants at the 2000 census.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.0 square kilometers is all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 9,610 people, 4,001 households, and 2,484 families residing in the city. The population density was 639.7 per square kilometers. Placerville is home to the Mountain Democrat newspaper and Marshall Medical Center.