Fallon, California is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California.[1] Fallon is located at 38°16′29″N 122°54′21″W / 38.27472°N 122.90583°W, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Tomales, at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m).[1] It lies just west of State Route 1 along the abandoned North Pacific Coast Railroad.
History
The name Fallon honors Luke and James Fallon, early local settlers. Starting in the 1870s, Fallon was a stop on the North Pacific Coast Railroad connecting Cazadero to the Sausalito ferry to San Francisco. The Fallon family operated a dairy and creamery in the area, and shipped dairy products to San Francisco and beyond by rail.[2] Following soon after, in 1898, the first post office in Fallon opened.[3] The town survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake with little damage,[4] but in 1912, the creamery, train station, and other businesses burned to the ground, and Fallon began to decline as the creamery relocated to the Tomales area.[2]
Rail service to Fallon ended in 1930.[4]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fallon, California
- ^ a b Fletcher, Scott (April 4, 2022). "Marin history: Fallon's history". Marin Independent Journal. San Rafael, CA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's geographic names : a gazetteer of historic and modern names of the state. Clovis, California. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. OCLC 38389700.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Dickson, John T. (April 25, 1970). "Fallon Store remains as reminder of colorful past". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, CA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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