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Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial province of Alta California by three priests—Father Narciso Durán from Mission San José, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Luis Gíl y Taboada from La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles—on December 14, 1817, four years before Mexico gained independence from Spain.
Population (2020 Census) 1 † San Rafael: City 61,271 2 Novato: City 53,225 3 Mill Valley: City 14,231 4 Larkspur: City 13,064 5 San Anselmo: Town 12,830 6 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley: CDP 11,492 7 Corte Madera: Town 10,222 8 Tiburon: Town 9,146 9 Fairfax: Town 7,605 10 Sausalito: City 7,269 11 Kentfield: CDP 6,808 12 Lucas Valley-Marinwood ...
Larkspur is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of San Rafael, [7] at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m). [1] As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the neighboring Corte Madera and town of San Anselmo as the Central Marin Police Authority.
Ross is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-southwest of San Rafael, [6] at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). [1] The population was 2,338 at the 2020 census. [5] The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Kentfield to the south, San Anselmo to the north, and the Mount Tamalpais protected watershed to the west.
In San Francisco, there is an eleven-member Board of Supervisors, [10] but the executive branch of the government is headed by an elected mayor, department heads are responsible to the mayor, and there is both a city police department and a county sheriff, the latter mostly responsible for operating the county jail and for most jail bookings ...
The Marin County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for the unincorporated areas of Marin County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay region. [1] The current board members are Mary Sackett (District 1), Katie Rice (District 2), Stephanie Moulton-Peters (District 3, current President), Dennis Rodoni (District 4), and Eric Lucan (District 5).
Corte Madera is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) south of San Rafael, [7] at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). [1] The population was 10,222 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the Spanish imperative command "chop wood", as the area was famous for producing redwood tree lumber which was used in the construction of the city of San Francisco.
Fairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) west-northwest of San Rafael, [7] at an elevation of 115 feet (35 m). [1] The population was 7,605 at the 2020 census. [6]