Lagunitas, California

Lagunitas
Unincorporated community
U.S. Post Office in Lagunitas
U.S. Post Office in Lagunitas
Lagunitas is located in California
Lagunitas
Lagunitas
Location in California
Lagunitas is located in the United States
Lagunitas
Lagunitas
Lagunitas (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°00′41″N 122°42′08″W / 38.01139°N 122.70222°W / 38.01139; -122.70222
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMarin County
Elevation
[1]
217 ft (66 m)

Lagunitas (Laguna, Spanish for "Little lagoons") is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California.[1] It is located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Novato,[2] at an elevation of 217 feet (66 m).[1] Lagunitas is aggregated with Forest Knolls by the U.S. Census into the census-designated place (CDP) Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.

The first post office at Lagunitas opened in 1906.[2] Lagunitas' ZIP Code is 94938.[3]

Geography

Lagunitas is located in a mountainous part of Marin County, just north of Kent Lake and east of Samuel P. Taylor State Park.[4] Kent Lake serves as the primary tributary into the Lagunitas Creek, which flows into the Tomales Bay and from there the Pacific Ocean.[5]

Demographics

Main article: Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California § Demographics

Statistics describing Lagnuitas' demographics are grouped by the U.S. Census with the nearby unincorporated community of Forest Knolls. The two towns share a population of 1,924 people split between 801 families and 866 households.[6]

Political affiliation

Lagunitas staunchly supports the Democratic Party in elections. The town is represented in the U.S. Congress by two Democratic senators, Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla, and by Democratic representative Jared Huffman in the House.[7]

In the 2020 United States presidential election, Lagunitas voted for the Democratic Party's nominee Joe Biden over Republican incumbent Donald Trump by a margin of nearly 77 percentage points in Biden's favor. Lagunitas supported Biden more than they did Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.[8]

Education

Main article: Lagunitas School District

The community is served by the Lagunitas School District and the Tamalpais Union High School District.[9] Lagunitas' two elementary schools, which are merged into the same property and share a single principal, include the only public Montessori school in Marin County, and a middle school serving grades 6-8.[10][11]

Transport

Roads

Lagunitas' main road is Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, which itself runs from its intersection with California State Route 1 just south of Point Reyes Station to the western terminus of Interstate 580 near San Rafael. The road serves as the only way in and out of Lagunitas by land.[4]

Public transport

Lagunitas is served by Marin Transit, with a stop at Sir Francis Drake Blvd and Cintura Avenue on bus route 68 connecting Lagunitas between Inverness and the San Rafael Transit Center, the latter of which provides direct links to other Marin Transit routes as well as Golden Gate Transit and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), themselves linking Lagunitas to other Bay Area transit services as well as providing transit access to Bay Area airports.[12]

Air transport

Lagunitas itself has no airports, though the community is approximately equidistant between San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Oakland International Airport (OAK), and Sonoma County Airport (STS). SFO has the most international flights of the three airports and can be accessed by a drive on U.S. Route 101, itself connected to Sir Francis Drake Blvd near San Rafael, though both U.S. 101 and SMART also directly link to STS.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lagunitas, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 650. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ USPS ZIP Code search Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Lagunitas — Marin County". maps.apple.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  5. ^ Fisheries, NOAA (August 16, 2022). "Identifying Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities in Lagunitas Creek | NOAA Fisheries". NOAA. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lagunitas-forest Knolls, CA Government Directory and Elected Officials | DemocracyByZipCode". www.legalconsumer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Park, Alice; Smart, Charlie; Taylor, Rumsey; Watkins, Miles (February 2, 2021). "An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  9. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023. - Text list
  10. ^ "Lagunitas Elementary School School Accountability Report Card" (PDF). Amazon Web Services. California Department of Education. 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "School/District Profile Search Results (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "68 | Marin Transit". marintransit.org. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  13. ^ "Airports Near Me - Lagunitas, California | Travelmath". www.travelmath.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.