Squaw Valley, Placer County, California

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Olympic Valley, California in the United States is a unincorporated community located in Placer County northwest of Tahoe City along Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe. Because it is the home of the Squaw Valley Ski Resort, the community is commonly known as Squaw Valley. It was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Squaw Valley, Placer County, California is at coordinates 39°11′47″N 120°14′01″W / 39.19631, -120.23356Coordinates: 39°11′47″N 120°14′01″W / 39.19631, -120.23356

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Placer County, California
County seat: Auburn
Cities	Auburn \| Colfax \| Lincoln \| Rocklin \| Roseville
Incorporated towns	Loomis
CDPs	Dollar Point \| Foresthill \| Granite Bay \| Kings Beach \| Meadow Vista \| North Auburn \| Sunnyside-Tahoe City \| Tahoe Vista
Unincorporated communities	Applegate \| Carnelian Bay \| Homewood \| Newcastle \| Olympic Valley (Squaw Valley) \| Penryn \| Weimar

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Winter Olympic Games host cities

1924: Chamonix • 1928: St. Moritz • 1932: Lake Placid • 1936: Garmisch-Partenkirchen • 1940 & 1944: No games due to World War II • 1948: St. Moritz • 1952: Oslo • 1956: Cortina d'Ampezzo • 1960: Squaw Valley • 1964: Innsbruck • 1968: Grenoble • 1972: Sapporo • 1976: Innsbruck • 1980: Lake Placid • 1984: Sarajevo • 1988: Calgary • 1992: Albertville • 1994: Lillehammer • 1998: Nagano • 2002: Salt Lake City • 2006: Turin • 2010: Vancouver • 2014: Sochi

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