Pollock Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.0 square miles (21 km2), over 99% of it land.

[3] One of the original Pony Express stations, Twelve Mile House, was located in Pollock Pines.

The "Hall", originally opened in 1852 by John and James Blair, who had immigrated from Scotland, still operates today.

A stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, it became a relay station of the Central Overland Pony Express.

Here, at 7:40 A.M., April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton riding in from Placerville, handed the express mail to Warren Upson, who, two minutes later, sped on his way eastward.

When the mill was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s, Hiram and Anna Pollock started selling lots in a subdivision they created out of a piece of land that lay along the ridge, on both sides of Cedar Grove School, and thus gave the town its name.

28, 1936, at what is currently 6401A Pony Express Trail, Pollock Pines (originally Hwy 50) with Mrs. Alice P. Grout serving as the first postmaster.

The post office was later relocated, and now operates at 2669 Sanders Dr.[7] The first Pollock Pines store was built on the current location (6401 Pony Express Trail) in the 1930s by Newt Grout.

[9] In 2014 the King Fire burned 97,717 acres (39,545 ha) in the Eldorado National Forest and on private land, destroying 80 structures, including residences and outbuildings near Pollock Pines.

[10] The fire threatened thousands of homes as well as reservoirs that provide water and electricity to portions of California.

[16] Federally, Pollock Pines is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.