Stinson Beach
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| Location in California | |
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| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Marin County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 54 ′ N , 122 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 632 (as of 2010) |
| Height : | 8 m |
| Postal code : | 94970 |
| Area code : | +1 415/628 |
| FIPS : | 06-74172 |
| GNIS ID : | 235489 |
Stinson Beach is a census-designated place in California with 632 inhabitants (as of 2010). The small town is located directly on California's Pacific coast , around 39 minutes by car northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge . Because of its proximity to San Francisco , the sandy beach of Stinson Beach is a popular destination for both locals and tourists. Not far from the town are other tourist attractions such as Muir Beach , Mount Tamalpais and the Muir Woods National Monument . Stinson Beach has been the destination for the Dipsea Race , the oldest trail run in the United States, since 1905 .
history
Before the beginning of the Mexican colonization, the place was in the settlement area of the coastal Miwok , an Indian people who originally inhabited large areas north of what is now San Francisco. A land purchase by Nathan H. Stinson is documented for 1866, who later gave the place its name. In 1870 a country road was built that connected Stinson Beach with Sausalito further south-east and thus also created a connection to the ferry connection to San Francisco. Stinson Beach took a great boom in the wake of the devastating earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 , as a result of which numerous former residents of San Francisco settled in the area. Stinson Beach's first post office opened in 1916. In 1939 the area was sold to Marin County . It fell to the State of California in 1950 and has been administered by the National Park Service since 1977 .
population
The United States Census 2010 , a census on April 1, 2010, determined 632 residents. By far the largest population group are the whites with a share of 92.1%. Added to this are 5.2% Hispanics or Latinos , 2.4% mixed race, 2.2% Asians , 2.2% of indigenous descent and 0.5% of African American .
These are distributed over 339 households. Only 14.5% of the households have their own children under the age of 18. 39.5% of households consist of married couples of different sexes, 4.1% consist of single women and 2.9% consist of single men. 2.4% of Stinson Beach residents live in same-sex partnerships. With 32.2%, almost a third of households have residents over 65 years of age.
Known residents (selection)
- Elmer Collett (1966–), former American football player
- Richard Jencks (1921-2014), former president of CBS , lived with his wife for about 15 years in Stinson Beach, before both the nearby Mill Valley moved
- James Grant (1924–1997), sculptor and painter, worked in his studio in Stinson Beach from the 1980s until his death
Web links
- Stinson Beach Community Center (English)
- Stinson Beach Village Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau - American Fact Finder , last accessed February 5, 2017.
- ↑ On this and the following cf. Stinson Beach Timeline on the Stinson Beach Historical Society website, last accessed February 5, 2017