Dogtown, Marin County, California
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Dogtown Woodville |
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| Coordinates: 37°56′41″N 122°42′23″W / 37.94472°N 122.70639°WCoordinates: 37°56′41″N 122°42′23″W / 37.94472°N 122.70639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Marin County |
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| • County Board | District 4 Steve Kinsey |
| • State Senate | Mark Leno (D) |
| • Assembly | Marc Levine (D) |
| • U. S. Congress | Jared Huffman (D) |
| Elevation | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 30 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| ZIP code | 94924 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
Dogtown (originally named Woodville) is an unincorporated community in the rural West Marin region of coastal Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay. It lies at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). With a population of 30, the town is located beside the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore, in the Olema Valley west of the Bolinas Ridge mountain range.
The village, founded by miners and lumberjacks, is located within the original Rancho Punta de los Reyes Sobrante land grant. It was a stagecoach stop along the north-south route. The village includes the historic Nelson Hotel, which was connected by the old North Pacific Coast Railroad to the Bolinas Station, en route to Point Reyes. That railway ran between Mendocino County and a ferry service to San Francisco at Sausalito. The hotel, with nearby guest houses, was later used by the U.S. Army during both World Wars as barracks. There was also a K-8 school, with about 50 pupils. The schoolhouse was located south of the village towards Bolinas, the nearest town. An early 20th-century pastime was a trip and picnic to the Copper Mine Gulch, which runs through the town.
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