Corte Madera, California
| Town of Corte Madera | |
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Corte Madera Town Center
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 Location of Corte Madera within Marin County, California. |
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 Town of Corte Madera
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| Coordinates: 37°55′32″N 122°31′39″W / 37.92556°N 122.52750°WCoordinates: 37°55′32″N 122°31′39″W / 37.92556°N 122.52750°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Marin |
| Incorporated | June 10, 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carla Condon |
| • State Senator | Mike McGuire (D) |
| • Assemblymember | Marc Levine (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Jared Huffman (D) |
| • Supervisor | Steve Kinsey (District 4) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.406 sq mi (11.410 km2) |
| • Land | 3.164 sq mi (8.193 km2) |
| • Water | 1.242 sq mi (3.216 km2) 28.19% |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 9,253 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 9,459 |
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (810/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 94925, 94976 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
| FIPS code | 06-16462 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277492, 2413247 |
| Website | www |
Corte Madera (/ˈkɔːrtə məˈdɛrə/; formerly, Adams) 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 9,253 at the 2010 census.
In Spanish, Corte Madera means the imperative command "Chop wood", as in "To chop the wood". The area was famous for producing lumber out of redwood trees which went into the construction of the city of San Francisco.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), of which, 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) of it (28.19%) is water. Corte Madera is one of the richest towns in Marin.
The first post office in Corte Madera opened in 1878, and closed in 1880. The Adams post office opened in 1902, and changed its name later that year to Corte Madera. The name Adams honored Jerry Adams, its first postmaster. Corte Madera incorporated in 1916.
The town of Corte Madera is on part of Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio granted to John Reed in 1834 by Mexican Governor José Figueroa. Reed quickly took to the lumber industry, logging the area's immense supply of redwoods and shipping the lumber to San Francisco by way of Corte Madera Creek — some of this wood was used to build the Presidio in San Francisco. And the town kept growing.
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