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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.
Marin County (/ m ə ˈ r ɪ n / ⓘ mə-RIN) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. [4]
The Canal Area comprises two neighborhoods of San Rafael, California, designated by the city as the "Canal Waterfront" and the "Canal." The Canal Area is bounded on the east by San Francisco Bay, on the north by the San Rafael Canal and on the south and west by Highways 101 and I-580 and by San Quentin Ridge.
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.
Santa Venetia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of downtown San Rafael, [5] at an elevation of 56 feet (17 m). [3] The population was 4,289 at the 2020 census. [4]
San Anselmo is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of San Rafael, [7] at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m). [6] It is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of San Francisco. The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Fairfax to the west, and Ross to the south. Mount Tamalpais dominates the view to the south. The population was 12,830 at the 2020 ...
Kentfield (formerly Ross Landing, Tamalpais, and Kent) [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Kentfield is located 2 miles (3 km) southwest of downtown San Rafael, [5] at an elevation of 115 feet (35 m). [3] The population was 6,808 at the 2020 census. [4]
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