Placer County, CA History and Genealogy
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Cities & Towns: Auburn Colfax Dollar Point Foresthill Granite Bay Kings Beach Lincoln Loomis Meadow Vista Newcastle North Auburn Olympic Valley Penryn Rocklin Roseville Sunnyside-Tahoe City Tahoe Vista Vital Records Resources County Administration Building 175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603-4543 Phone: (530)889-4020 Fax: (530)889-4299 County Seat: Auburn Year Organized: 1851 Square Miles: 1,404 Placer County Government Website	Cemetery Locations: Applegate Cemetery Auburn District Cemetery Colfax Cemetery Dutch Flat Cemetery Foresthill Cemetery Lone Star Cemetery Manzanita Cemetery New Auburn Cemetery Pioneer Grave Roseville Cemetery Sheridan Cemetery Spring Garden Cemetery Sunnyview Indian Cemetery Online Data (Coming soon) Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Deaths History Marriages Military Obituaries Probate     Archives Locations National Archives - San Francisco 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 Library Locations Applegate Library Auburn Library Colfax Library Foresthill Library Granite Bay Library Kings Beach Library Lincoln Public Library Loomis Library Maidu Branch Library Meadow Vista Library Penryn Library Rocklin Library Roseville Public Library Tahoe City Library
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