Fallon, California is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...

Marin County Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is a ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

Just west of

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along the abandoned

North Pacific Coast Railroad The North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPC) was a common carrier narrow-gauge steam railroad begun in 1874 and sold in 1902 to new owners who renamed it the North Shore Railroad (California) (NSR) and which rebuilt the southern section into a standar ...

Geography

Fallon, California is located at . It is located north of

Tomales Tomales is a census-designated place (CDP) on State Route 1 in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 187 at the 2020 census. Geography Tomales is located above Keys Creek, about northeast of Tomales Bay. The nearest city i ...

, at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m).

Demographics

Fallon has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community. However estimated population varies from 15 to 25 residents.

History

The name Fallon honors Luke and James Fallon, early local settlers. Starting in the 1870s, Fallon was a stop on the

connecting Cazadero to the

Sausalito Sausalito (Spanish language, Spanish for "small willow grove") is a city in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, located southeast of Marin City, California, Marin City, south-southeast of San Rafael, California ...

ferry to San Francisco. Following soon after in 1898 the first post office in Fallon opened. Improvements to the narrow-gauge rail corridor continued in the 1910s and although it is generally thought that tracks north of

Point Reyes Station Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town in western Marin County, California, United States. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is loca ...

(milepost 36.4) remained 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge; it is plausible that

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tracks were installed as far as

Monte Rio Monte Rio (Spanish: ''Monte Río'', meaning "River Mountain") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California along the Russian River near the Pacific Ocean. The town of Guerneville lies northeast of Monte Rio, and Jenner is to ...

(milepost 73.8) serving passenger and industry needs alike in and around Fallon until the entire lines abandonment in the 1930s.Page 18 http://npshistory.com/publications/pore/hrs-hamlet.pdf

References

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