| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | McNaughton Newspapers, Inc |
| Publisher | Richard Esposito |
| Founded | 1851 |
| Headquarters | 2889 Ray Lawyer Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 |
| ISSN | 2693-3055 |
| OCLC number | 1180287029 |
| Website | mtdemocrat |
The Placerville Mountain Democrat (known locally as the Mountain Democrat or simply the Democrat) is the newspaper of El Dorado County, California, based in Placerville and is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the State of California.[1]