Tocaloma, California

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Tocaloma (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°03′01″N122°45′34″W / 38.05028°N 122.75944°W / 38.05028; -122.75944 Coordinates: 38°03′01″N122°45′34″W / 38.05028°N 122.75944°W / 38.05028; -122.75944
Country United States
State California
County Marin County
Elevation
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75 ft (23 m)

Tocaloma (Miwok: Tokoloma, meaning "salamander") [2] is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. [1] It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of Point Reyes Station, [3] at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m). [1] By vehicle, it is near the McIsaac's ranch on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard just east of the ascent to the ridge before Olema.

A post office operated at Tocaloma from 1891 to 1919. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tocaloma, California
  2. California Place Names of Indian Origin (Kroeber, 1916)
  3. 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. 714. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.

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