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'Stinson Beach, California' is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. The population of the Stinson Beach CDP (census-designated place) was 751 at the 2000 census.
Stinson Beach is about a 30-minute drive on California's Highway 1 from the Golden Gate Bridge, as one departs San Francisco. It is near to important attractions such as Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, and Mount Tamalpais. It has a long beach with occasional opportunities for surfing, although the water is cold and fog is common throughout the year.
In 2002, a surfer was attacked by a 12-15 foot-long great white shark, while surfing off Stinson Beach. The young man survived, but received more than 100 stitches to close his wounds. The attack was the second in Stinson Beach since 1998, and the 13th in Marin County since 1952. The surf off Stinson Beach is within an area known as the Red Triangle, where there have been an unusually high number of shark attacks.[1]
Stinson Beach is a popular day-trip for people from the San Francisco Bay Area and for tourists visiting northern California. Although most visitors arrive by private car, Stinson Beach is linked to Marin City by a weekend bus service, and the network of hiking trails around Mount Tamalpais also reaches the town.
In 1870, the first road was built along the Pacific coast from Sausalito, California, and a tent settlement sprang up amongst the willow trees at the beach, which gave rise to the town's original name, Willow Camp. The Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railroad opened in 1896, making Willow Camp more accessible. Visitors could ride the train to West Point Inn and then hike or arrange a stagecoach to take them to the beach. In 1906, refugees from the San Francisco earthquake came to the area and built some of the area's first businesses. Stinson Beach became the official town name in 1916, in honor of the largest landowners, Rose and Nathan Stinson.
In 1939, the beach was sold to Marin County. It was transferred to the State of California in 1950, and was eventually transferred to the National Park Service in 1977.
-->Stinson Beach is located at (37.89847, -122.63878).
Stinson Beach is east of Bolinas, California.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.87%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 751 people, 374 households, and 178 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 273.5/km² (711.7/mi²). There were 693 housing units at an average density of 252.4/km² (656.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.87% White, 0.27% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.93% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.60% of the population.
There were 374 households out of which 18.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52.4% were non-families. 42.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.75.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 39.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $87,679, and the median income for a family was $105,827. Males had a median income of $58,750 versus $56,875 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $62,452. About 3.8% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.4% of those sixty five or over.
Stinson Beach is in the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, the Tamalpais Union High School District, and the Marin Community College District. Students in primary grades (kindergarten – grade 2) attend Stinson Beach School, while elementary grade students (grades 3–8) attend Bolinas School. Stinson Beach is in the attendance area of Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California.
Stinson Beach is unincorporated, receiving general government services from Marin County, including law enforcement, land use planning, library, public health, and code enforcement. Two special districts provide local services. The Stinson Beach County Water District provides water and septic tank maintenance service and contracts for garbage and recycling collection.[1] The Stinson Beach Fire Protection District provides fire protection, emergency medical care, and disaster management services.[2]
★ Mount Tamalpais State Park
★ Golden Gate National Recreation Area
★ Point Reyes National Seashore
★ Audubon Canyon Ranch
On the second Sunday of June, the town serves as the ending point for the annual running of the Dipsea Race, the second-oldest foot race in the U.S. The California Road Club holds its Mount Tamalpais Hill Climb, one of the oldest bicycle races in the West, in early fall. Since 2002, the race has been held on the third Saturday of the month, with about 400 bicyclists competing in the 12.5 mile road race from Stinson to the head of Bolinas Lagoon and on to the West summit of Mount Tamalpais at Rock Spring.[3]
Residents, landowners, and summer people important in the development, life, and culture of Stinson Beach. Arrival or tenure is shown in square brackets. Birth and death dates are shown in parentheses.
★ Rafael Garcia [1836–1846], first manager of Rancho Las BaulinesNational Park Servcie, Stinson Beach History
★ Gregorio and Ramona Garcia Briones [1837– ], received grant of Rancho Las Baulines from the Mexican government[4]
★ Pablo Briones [1837– ], helped Rafaael Garcia manage Rancho for his parents, Gregoriao and Ramona; trained as curandero by his aunt, Juana Briones de Miranda; settled in Bolinas
★ Isaac Morton[c. 1852– ], puchased Stinson Beach portion of Rancho in 1852; grew apples
★ Nathan and Rose Stinson [1870s– ], established first campgound at Willow Camp
★ Captain Alfred Easkoot [1870s– ], Marin County surveyor; founder of second campground; member of Duxbury Grove No. 26, UAOD[5]
★ William Kent (March 29, 1864–March 13, 1928) United States Congressman; donor of the land for the Muir Woods National Monument; owner of the beach and tidelands that became SeadriftSusan Sward, ''San Fancisco Chronicle,'' December 17, 1995, "Dredging Up Trouble? West Marin residents agree that Bolinas Lagoon must be saved from silt that threatens to destroy it. What they can't agree on is how."
★ William Kent, Jr., began the development of the Seadrift subdivision in the 1950s
★ Landis Everson [1960s], poet and painter[6]
★ George Hunter White, also known as Colonel White [1965–1975] (died 1975), Federal Bureau of Narcotics agent and District Supervisor, retired, led MKULTRA projects in Boston and San Francisco; Chief, Stinson Beach Fire Department[7][8]
★ Steve Miller [1960s–1970s], musician[9]
★ Jerry Garcia [1970s], musicianGreg Cahill, MetroActive, May 4, 200, "High on Bluegrass"
★ Carolyn Adams, also known as Mountain Girl [1970s], member of Merry Pranksters, wife of Jerry Garcia
★ Peter Rowan [1970s], musician
★ The Rowan Brothers – Lorin and Chris Rowan [1970s], musicians[10][11]
★ David Grisman [1970s], musician[12]
★ George Frayne [c. 1976–1997], musician (Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen) and painter[13][14]
★ Jerry Cebe - artist (abstract painting; art glass)[15]
Stinson Beach has been the setting and filming location for several movies:
★ ''Play It Again, Sam''
★ ''The Fog''
★ ''Memoirs of an Invisible Man''
★ ''Basic Instinct''
★ ''On The Edge''
The town was mentioned in an episode of M
★ A
★ S
★ H.
George Frayne (Commander Cody) wrote a song about Stinson Beach entitled "Midnight On The Strand." It was recorded on hid 1987 album, ''Let's Rock.''
The town and the beach are the topic of a poem by Garrison Keillor. In ''We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters,'' Keillor has a 4-page essay about his visits to Stinson Beach and how thinking of the beach helps him sleep.[16]
1. Stinson Beach County Water District
2. Stinson Beach Fire Protection District
3. California Road Club, ''The 46th Annual Mount Tamalpais Hill Climb, Saturday, September 16th 2006''
4. Marin County, Baulines (Las Baulines) Rancho
5. ''Toward a Fraternal History of Marin County,'' "United Ancient Order of Druids (UAOD)"
6. ''Jacket Magazine,'' "Jacket Interview: Landis Everson in conversation with Kevin Killian 2004"
7. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, ''KRONISCH v USA,'' Docket No. 97-6116
8. Richard Stratton, ''Spin Magazine,'' March 1994, "Altered States of America"
9. Steve Miller Band website, Bio
10. philzone.com, "Rowan Brothers: Now, Then, Always Friends," 2004
11. Joel Selvin, ''San Francisco Chronicle,'' "Once the 'next big thing,' the Rowan Brothers, 30 years later, cut 2nd album, step back into the spotlight"
12. KPFA, Rex Radio show, January 1991
13. Bruce Robinson, MetroActive, August 31, 2005, "Ozone Player: Commander Cody touches down in California again"
14. George Frayne, "Some of the Story of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen"
15. Bolinas Museum, "Glass Symphony: Art Glass by Jerry Cebe, December 7 to 30, 2001", accessed September 3, 2007
16. Keillor, Garrison. Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (April 1, 1990) ''We are still Married: Stories and Letters,'' ISBN 0140131566, pages 258–261, accessed May 10, 2007
★ ''Bolinas and Stinson Beach,'' Arcadia Publishing, August 4, 2004, ISBN 0738528951. Text and images from the photographic collections of the Bolinas Museum and the Stinson Beach Historical Society
★ Steve Aikenhead, et al.''Group memories: School days in Bolinas and Stinson Beach,'' Schoolhouse Publications, 1993
★ Joan Reutinger, ''Memories of Willow Camp: A personal history of Stinson Beach,'' Stinson Beach Village Association, 1993
★ Bernard Poinssot, ''The Stinson Beach Salt Marsh: The Form of Its Growth,'' Stinson Beach Press, June 1977,ISBN 0918540011
★ California Coastal Records Project, "Stinson Beach Central Parking Lot and Restrooms," 2005
★ California Coastal Records Project, Stinson Beach - main beach and most of downtown from the air, 2004
★ Stinson Beach Library
★ 1977 Oral account of Stinson Beach History from Marin Public Library
★ Bolinas Lagoon Foundation
'Stinson Beach, California' is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. The population of the Stinson Beach CDP (census-designated place) was 751 at the 2000 census.
Stinson Beach is about a 30-minute drive on California's Highway 1 from the Golden Gate Bridge, as one departs San Francisco. It is near to important attractions such as Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, and Mount Tamalpais. It has a long beach with occasional opportunities for surfing, although the water is cold and fog is common throughout the year.
In 2002, a surfer was attacked by a 12-15 foot-long great white shark, while surfing off Stinson Beach. The young man survived, but received more than 100 stitches to close his wounds. The attack was the second in Stinson Beach since 1998, and the 13th in Marin County since 1952. The surf off Stinson Beach is within an area known as the Red Triangle, where there have been an unusually high number of shark attacks.[1]
Stinson Beach is a popular day-trip for people from the San Francisco Bay Area and for tourists visiting northern California. Although most visitors arrive by private car, Stinson Beach is linked to Marin City by a weekend bus service, and the network of hiking trails around Mount Tamalpais also reaches the town.
| Contents |
| History |
| Geography |
| Demographics |
| Education |
| Government |
| Points of interest |
| Annual events |
| Notable Stinson Beach people |
| Stinson Beach in popular culture |
| Notes |
| Further reading |
| External links |
History
In 1870, the first road was built along the Pacific coast from Sausalito, California, and a tent settlement sprang up amongst the willow trees at the beach, which gave rise to the town's original name, Willow Camp. The Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railroad opened in 1896, making Willow Camp more accessible. Visitors could ride the train to West Point Inn and then hike or arrange a stagecoach to take them to the beach. In 1906, refugees from the San Francisco earthquake came to the area and built some of the area's first businesses. Stinson Beach became the official town name in 1916, in honor of the largest landowners, Rose and Nathan Stinson.
In 1939, the beach was sold to Marin County. It was transferred to the State of California in 1950, and was eventually transferred to the National Park Service in 1977.
Geography
-->Stinson Beach is located at (37.89847, -122.63878).
Stinson Beach is east of Bolinas, California.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.87%) is water.
Demographics
Stinson Beach CDP, California (yellow)
94970 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (yellow)
As of the census of 2000, there were 751 people, 374 households, and 178 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 273.5/km² (711.7/mi²). There were 693 housing units at an average density of 252.4/km² (656.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.87% White, 0.27% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.93% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.60% of the population.
There were 374 households out of which 18.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52.4% were non-families. 42.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.75.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 39.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $87,679, and the median income for a family was $105,827. Males had a median income of $58,750 versus $56,875 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $62,452. About 3.8% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.4% of those sixty five or over.
Education
Stinson Beach is in the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, the Tamalpais Union High School District, and the Marin Community College District. Students in primary grades (kindergarten – grade 2) attend Stinson Beach School, while elementary grade students (grades 3–8) attend Bolinas School. Stinson Beach is in the attendance area of Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California.
Government
Stinson Beach is unincorporated, receiving general government services from Marin County, including law enforcement, land use planning, library, public health, and code enforcement. Two special districts provide local services. The Stinson Beach County Water District provides water and septic tank maintenance service and contracts for garbage and recycling collection.[1] The Stinson Beach Fire Protection District provides fire protection, emergency medical care, and disaster management services.[2]
Points of interest
★ Mount Tamalpais State Park
★ Golden Gate National Recreation Area
★ Point Reyes National Seashore
★ Audubon Canyon Ranch
Annual events
On the second Sunday of June, the town serves as the ending point for the annual running of the Dipsea Race, the second-oldest foot race in the U.S. The California Road Club holds its Mount Tamalpais Hill Climb, one of the oldest bicycle races in the West, in early fall. Since 2002, the race has been held on the third Saturday of the month, with about 400 bicyclists competing in the 12.5 mile road race from Stinson to the head of Bolinas Lagoon and on to the West summit of Mount Tamalpais at Rock Spring.[3]
Notable Stinson Beach people
Residents, landowners, and summer people important in the development, life, and culture of Stinson Beach. Arrival or tenure is shown in square brackets. Birth and death dates are shown in parentheses.
★ Rafael Garcia [1836–1846], first manager of Rancho Las BaulinesNational Park Servcie, Stinson Beach History
★ Gregorio and Ramona Garcia Briones [1837– ], received grant of Rancho Las Baulines from the Mexican government[4]
★ Pablo Briones [1837– ], helped Rafaael Garcia manage Rancho for his parents, Gregoriao and Ramona; trained as curandero by his aunt, Juana Briones de Miranda; settled in Bolinas
★ Isaac Morton[c. 1852– ], puchased Stinson Beach portion of Rancho in 1852; grew apples
★ Nathan and Rose Stinson [1870s– ], established first campgound at Willow Camp
★ Captain Alfred Easkoot [1870s– ], Marin County surveyor; founder of second campground; member of Duxbury Grove No. 26, UAOD[5]
★ William Kent (March 29, 1864–March 13, 1928) United States Congressman; donor of the land for the Muir Woods National Monument; owner of the beach and tidelands that became SeadriftSusan Sward, ''San Fancisco Chronicle,'' December 17, 1995, "Dredging Up Trouble? West Marin residents agree that Bolinas Lagoon must be saved from silt that threatens to destroy it. What they can't agree on is how."
★ William Kent, Jr., began the development of the Seadrift subdivision in the 1950s
★ Landis Everson [1960s], poet and painter[6]
★ George Hunter White, also known as Colonel White [1965–1975] (died 1975), Federal Bureau of Narcotics agent and District Supervisor, retired, led MKULTRA projects in Boston and San Francisco; Chief, Stinson Beach Fire Department[7][8]
★ Steve Miller [1960s–1970s], musician[9]
★ Jerry Garcia [1970s], musicianGreg Cahill, MetroActive, May 4, 200, "High on Bluegrass"
★ Carolyn Adams, also known as Mountain Girl [1970s], member of Merry Pranksters, wife of Jerry Garcia
★ Peter Rowan [1970s], musician
★ The Rowan Brothers – Lorin and Chris Rowan [1970s], musicians[10][11]
★ David Grisman [1970s], musician[12]
★ George Frayne [c. 1976–1997], musician (Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen) and painter[13][14]
★ Jerry Cebe - artist (abstract painting; art glass)[15]
Stinson Beach in popular culture
Stinson Beach has been the setting and filming location for several movies:
★ ''Play It Again, Sam''
★ ''The Fog''
★ ''Memoirs of an Invisible Man''
★ ''Basic Instinct''
★ ''On The Edge''
The town was mentioned in an episode of M
★ A
★ S
★ H.
George Frayne (Commander Cody) wrote a song about Stinson Beach entitled "Midnight On The Strand." It was recorded on hid 1987 album, ''Let's Rock.''
The town and the beach are the topic of a poem by Garrison Keillor. In ''We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters,'' Keillor has a 4-page essay about his visits to Stinson Beach and how thinking of the beach helps him sleep.[16]
Notes
1. Stinson Beach County Water District
2. Stinson Beach Fire Protection District
3. California Road Club, ''The 46th Annual Mount Tamalpais Hill Climb, Saturday, September 16th 2006''
4. Marin County, Baulines (Las Baulines) Rancho
5. ''Toward a Fraternal History of Marin County,'' "United Ancient Order of Druids (UAOD)"
6. ''Jacket Magazine,'' "Jacket Interview: Landis Everson in conversation with Kevin Killian 2004"
7. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, ''KRONISCH v USA,'' Docket No. 97-6116
8. Richard Stratton, ''Spin Magazine,'' March 1994, "Altered States of America"
9. Steve Miller Band website, Bio
10. philzone.com, "Rowan Brothers: Now, Then, Always Friends," 2004
11. Joel Selvin, ''San Francisco Chronicle,'' "Once the 'next big thing,' the Rowan Brothers, 30 years later, cut 2nd album, step back into the spotlight"
12. KPFA, Rex Radio show, January 1991
13. Bruce Robinson, MetroActive, August 31, 2005, "Ozone Player: Commander Cody touches down in California again"
14. George Frayne, "Some of the Story of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen"
15. Bolinas Museum, "Glass Symphony: Art Glass by Jerry Cebe, December 7 to 30, 2001", accessed September 3, 2007
16. Keillor, Garrison. Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (April 1, 1990) ''We are still Married: Stories and Letters,'' ISBN 0140131566, pages 258–261, accessed May 10, 2007
Further reading
★ ''Bolinas and Stinson Beach,'' Arcadia Publishing, August 4, 2004, ISBN 0738528951. Text and images from the photographic collections of the Bolinas Museum and the Stinson Beach Historical Society
★ Steve Aikenhead, et al.''Group memories: School days in Bolinas and Stinson Beach,'' Schoolhouse Publications, 1993
★ Joan Reutinger, ''Memories of Willow Camp: A personal history of Stinson Beach,'' Stinson Beach Village Association, 1993
★ Bernard Poinssot, ''The Stinson Beach Salt Marsh: The Form of Its Growth,'' Stinson Beach Press, June 1977,ISBN 0918540011
External links
★ California Coastal Records Project, "Stinson Beach Central Parking Lot and Restrooms," 2005
★ California Coastal Records Project, Stinson Beach - main beach and most of downtown from the air, 2004
★ Stinson Beach Library
★ 1977 Oral account of Stinson Beach History from Marin Public Library
★ Bolinas Lagoon Foundation
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