Placer County, officially the County of Placer, is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn.
Geese on North Tahoe Beach in the morning, Tahoe Vista, 2011
Auburn California courthouse
Schaffer Mill Road, Truckee, United States
Lake Tahoe is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada. Lying at 6,225 ft above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alp
Placer County, California
…known as the Gold Country. The county stretches roughly 65 miles (105 km) from Sacramento's suburbs at Roseville to the Nevada border and the shore of Lake Tahoe. The discovery of gold in 1848 brought tens of thousands of miners from around the world during the California gold rush. In addition, many more thousands…
The south shore of Lake Tahoe in California, as seen from the west shore
North Lake Tahoe aerial photo
Lake Tahoe, view of California shore from Nevada side