Mount Aukum, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Aukum (Miwok: Ochum),[http://www.eldoradolibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Post-Offices-of-El-Dorado-County.pdf El Dorado Library - Post Offices of El Dorado County] officially Mount Aukum, is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of River Pines, {{convert|1.2|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of Mount Aukum and {{convert|8.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Plymouth, at an elevation of {{convert|2155|ft|m}}. The ZIP code is 95656.

The Aukum post office operated from 1895 to 1914 and 1920 to 1961, when it was changed to Mount Aukum.