Logtown, California

Logtown, California, is a former mining town located on California State Route 49 about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Placerville in El Dorado County, California.[1][2]

In the 1800s Logtown, also known as Empire City, was a community of 800 people, having “not less than 20 stores, two blacksmith shops, two taverns, shoemakers, bakers, carpenters, and one gambling house." However, the town gradually declined, and the United States Geological Survey inadvertently dropped Logtown off the map, marking it only as an historical site. In 2018 Logtown residents successfully petitioned to have the town put back on the map. [3]

References
  1. "Logtown, the Legacy of Ordinary Places". Historic Insight. Retrieved Oct 28, 2019.
  2. "Logtown". El Dorado County Historical Museum. Retrieved Oct 28, 2019.
  3. Hodson, Dawn (August 15, 2018). "Logtown back on the map". Mounyain Democrat (Placerville, California). Retrieved Oct 28, 2019.

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