Garcia, California

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Garcia is a former settlement in Marin County, California. [1] It was located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Point Reyes Station. [2]

Marin County, California County in California, United States

Marin County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 252,409. Its county seat is San Rafael. Marin County is included in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.

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The name honored Rafael Garcia, recipient of the Rancho Tomales y Baulines Mexican Land Grant. [2]

Rancho Tomales y Baulines was a 9,468-acre (38.32 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Marin County, California, given in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Rafael Garcia. The grant extended south from Point Reyes Station along the Olema Valley and encompassed present day Olema and Garcia.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garcia, California
  2. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 635. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.