Marin County, California
Founding: 1850 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Unknown Seat: San Rafael (1850–) Land area: 520 square miles Population (2020): 262,321 Population (historic): 3,334 (1860); 11,324 (1880); 15,702 (1900); 41,648 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020 Subdivisions: 11 cities; 21 CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,897 (13.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 83.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,836 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,824 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 718 Average farm size (1920): 122.3 acres Sources of settlement: New York, China, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, and New England states ______________________________________________________...