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Corte Madera
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incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Marin
- Incorporated
- June 10, 1916
- Mayor
- Pat Ravasio
- State senator
- Mike McGuire ( D )
- Assemblymember
- Damon Connolly ( D )
- U s rep
- Jared Huffman ( D )
- Supervisor
- Dennis Rodoni (District 4)
- Total
- 4.40 sq mi (11.40 km )
- Land
- 3.16 sq mi (8.18 km )
- Water
- 1.24 sq mi (3.22 km ) 28.19%
- Elevation
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 9,929
- Density
- 3,234.6/sq mi (1,248.89/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−07:00 (PDT)
- Zip codes
- 94925, 94976
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Corte Madera (/ˈkɔːrtə məˈdɛrə/, Spanish: [ˈkoɾte maˈðeɾa]; Spanish for "Chop Wood") is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Corte Madera is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) south of San Rafael, at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). The population was 10,222 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the Spanish imperative command "chop wood", as the area was famous for producing redwood tree lumber which was used in the construction of the city of San Francisco.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corte Madera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.