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38°44′05″N 120°45′19″W / 38.73472°N 120.75528°W / 38.73472; -120.75528

Smithflat
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°44′05″N 120°45′19″W / 38.73472°N 120.75528°W / 38.73472; -120.75528
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation	2,224 ft (678 m)

Smithflat (formerly, Smith's Flat, Smiths Flat, and Smith Flat) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States. It lies 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Placerville and 7.2 km (4.5 mi) west of Camino at an elevation of 2224 feet (678 m).

The Smith's Flat post office opened in 1876 and was renamed to Smithflat in 1895. The name honors Jeb Smith, a rancher who settled here early.

Smithflat was one of the 93 wagon train stops along the Johnson Pass route across the Sierra Nevada. The Smith Flat House, built in the 1850s, is the last of these stations still in existence. It is now a restaurant.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smithflat, California
2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 557. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. "Calendar". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. August 6, 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

External links

• Smith Flat House

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County seat: Placerville
Cities	Placerville South Lake Tahoe
CDPs	Auburn Lake Trails Cameron Park Camino Cold Springs Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Grizzly Flats Meyers Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡
Unincorporated communities	Camp Richardson Clarksville Cool Echo Lake El Dorado Fair Play Fallen Leaf Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gold Hill Greenwood Kelsey Kyburz Latrobe Little Norway Lotus Meeks Bay Mount Aukum Nashville Newtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Phillips Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Quintette Rescue Riverton Sciots Camp Sierra Springs Sly Park Smithflat Somerset Strawberry Twin Bridges Volcanoville White Hall
Former settlements	Buckeye Flat Caldor Green Valley Higgins Point Indak Jayhawk Powningville Rubicon Rubicon Springs Salmon Falls Wentworth Springs Yalisumni
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