A city of western California on San Francisco Bay at the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a residential community and a popular boating resort. Population: 7,210.
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A city of western California on San Francisco Bay at the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a residential community and a popular boating resort. Population: 7,210.
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| Sausalito, California | |
| Location in Marin County and the state of California | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Marin |
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| - Water | sq mi ( km²) |
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| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 94965-94966 |
| Area code(s) | 415 |
| FIPS code | 06-70364 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0277597 |
Sausalito is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area situated in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 7,330 as of the year 2000 census. Viña del Mar, Chile, home to "Sausalito" stadium and "Sausalito" lagoon, is a sister city of Sausalito, which features a plaza called "Viña del Mar."
Sausalito is located at (37.857708, -122.490266)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 km² (2.2 mi²). 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of which (15.18%) is under water.
What is now Sausalito was once the site of a Coast Miwok settlement known as Liuaneglua. The branch of the Coast Miwok living in this area were known as the Huimen.[1] [2]
In 1838 during the Mexican era, an Englishman by the name of William A. Richardson, who became a Mexican citizen and married the daughter of the Commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco, established a large ranch from which the later town acquired its name, the "Rancho Del Sausalito".[3] Sausalito is Spanish for "little willow grove."
In the 1870s, the North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPC) extended its tracks southward to a new terminus in Sausalito, where a rail yard and ferry to San Francisco were established. The NPC was acquired by the North Shore Railroad in 1902, which in turn was absorbed in 1907 by the Southern Pacific affiliate, the Northwestern Pacific.
By 1926, a major auto ferry across the Golden Gate was established, running to the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco [1]. This ferry was an integral part of old U.S. Highway 101. It ceased operation shortly after the Golden Gate Bridge opened in May of 1937.
During World War II, a major shipyard of the
Following World War II a lively waterfront community grew out of the abandoned ship yards. By the late '60s at least three house boat communities occupied the waterfront along and adjacent to Sausalito's shore. But beginning in the '70s, an intense struggle erupted between house boat residents and developers. It was dubbed the "House Boat Wars." [5] Forced removals by county authorities and sabotage by some on the waterfront characterized this struggle. This long fight pitted the waterfront against the "Hill People" or the rich on the hill looking down on the water front. Today two house boat communities still exist: Gallilee Harbor in Sausalito and Waldo Point / Gate 6 just outside the city limit.
In 1965, the City of Sausalito sued the County of Marin and a private developer for illegally zoning acres ( km²) of land to build a city named Marincello right next to Sausalito. The city won the lawsuit in 1970, and the land was transferred as open space to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
As of the census
There were 4,254 households out of which 8.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.9% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60.9% were non-families. 45.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.72 and the average family size was 2.34.
In the city the population was spread out with 7.4% under the age of 18, 2.4% from 18 to 24, 39.5% from 25 to 44, 38.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $87,469, and the median income for a family was $123,467. Males had a median
income of $90,680 versus $56,576 for females. The per capita income for the city was
$81,040. About 2.0% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty
line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
Located at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito receives a steady stream of visitors via the bridge and a ferry service from San Francisco. It retains one of the few ungated marinas in the Bay Area that attracts visitors.
Sausalito is served by the Sausalito Marin City School District for primary school and the Tamalpais Union High School District for secondary school. Grades K-6 attend Bayside Elementary School in Sausalito while high schoolers attend Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley.
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Municipalities and communities of Marin County, California |
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| County seat: San Rafael | ||
| Cities |
Belvedere | Larkspur | Mill Valley | Novato | San Rafael | Sausalito |
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Corte Madera | Fairfax | Ross | San Anselmo | Tiburon |
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| Unincorporated communities |
Bel Marin Keys | Dogtown | Greenbrae | Inverness Park | Marin City | Marshall | Nicasio | Olema | Paradise Cay | San Quentin | Sleepy Hollow |
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