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Dogtown is a former settlement and mining camp in El Dorado County, California. It was located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of Newtown.

A reference to the town can be found in the Mountain Democrat newspaper, in which Jake Schneider of Pleasant Valley moved to Dogtown in order to open a butcher shop.

The town was eventually purchased in whole by the California Door Company and renamed "Caldor."

The town, located approximately 7 miles from Grizzly Flat, is not to be confused with "Dog Town," which was located near Newtown.

Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States

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 Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡

Unincorporated communities	Apex Arroyo Vista Aukum Avinsino Corner Balderson Station Bonetti Brandon Corner Brela Briarwood Canyon Bryants Buckeye Buffalo Hill Bullard Caldor Cambridge Oaks Cameron Airpark Estates Camino Heights Camp Richardson Campana Cedar Grove Clarksville Claussenius Cool Coyoteville Crescent Ridge Village Croft Crown Village Darlington Deer Park Deer View Ditch Camp Five Dugan Echo Lake El Dorado Emerald Bay Equestrian Village Fair Play Fairbanks Fallen Leaf Five Mile Terrace Flonellis Fornis Fountain Place Franciscan Village Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gilberts Glenridge Park Gold Hill Gold Ridge Gold Trail Park Governors Village Green Springs Ranch Green Springs Valley Green Valley Acres Greenwood Griminger Grizzly Peak Happy Valley Hickok Ranch Hidden Valley Highland Village Jayhawk Jones Place Kelsey Kingsville Kiva Beach Kyburz La Cresta Village Lake Hills Estates Lake Valley Lakeridge Oaks Lakewood Sierra Latrobe Leonardi Little Norway Lotus Lower Forni Manzanita Acres Marble Mountain Mariemont Marina Village McConnel Place McManus Meadow Brook Meeks Bay Meiss Melsons Corner Meyers Morrison Motor City Nashville Nebelhorn Newtown North Placerville Oak Creek Hills Oak Ridge Village Oak Tree Village Old Fort Jim Old Pino Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Pacific House Park Village Perks Corner Phillips Pilliken Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Pomins Quintette Raffetto Rancho del Sol Rescue Ridgeview Village Riverton Saint Andrews Village Sciots Camp Short Place Shrub Sierra Springs Skinners Sly Park Smithflat Soapweed Somerset Spanish Flat Sprekelsville Spring Creek Spring Valley Springfield Meadows Stonegate Village Strawberry Summit Village Sweeneys Crossing Tallac Village Tiger Lily Twin Bridges Tylers Corner Upper Forni Van Vleck Virner Volcanoville Voss Waterford Village White Hall Winterhaven Village Zee Estates

Former settlements	Aurum City Bamom Bennett Buckeye Flat Canton Canyon Cedar Creek Camp Chicken Flat Chili Bar Cincinnati Cummings Dogtown Dufftown Euchre Diggings Flora's Fornis Frosts Golden Green Springs Green Valley Greenwood Camp Higgins Point Hitchcock Ranch Indak Jacobsen Jurgens Koloma Lava Lawrenceberg Live Oak Bar Middletown Missouri House Mormon Tavern Onchomo Opok Peru Pleasant Flat Powningville River Hill Rodwell Rubicon Rubicon Lodge Rubicon Springs Sailors Flat Saint Lawrence Salmon Falls Siwim Pakan Slatington Snyders Bar Sportsmans Hall Stag Flat Stony Bar Swift Texas Bar Tchikimisi Union Flat Uniontown Uno Urban Wentworth Springs Yalisumni Youngs Zodoc

Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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