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Bolinas, California Bolinas (alternates: Ballenas, Baulenas, Baulings, and Bawlines) is a coastal unincorporated community in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bolinas is located 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). The population of the Bolinas CDP (Census-designated place) was 1,246 at the 2000 census.The community is perhaps best known for its reclusive residents. Historically, it is only accessible via unmarked roads; any road sign along nearby Highway One that points the way into town has been torn down by residents. Bolinas and its reclusive reputation are featured in the 1981 novel Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach. It was also the mythical setting for Richard Brautigan's novel In Watermelon Sugar. Geography Bolinas is located at 37°54′34″N 122°41′11″W / 37.90944°N 122.68639°W / 37.90944; -122.68639 on the California coast approximately 30 miles (50 km) drive north from San Francisco just off California Hwy 1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land. Plate tectonics Bolinas is west of the San Andreas Fault, which runs the length of Bolinas Lagoon and then north through the Olema Valley and Tomales Bay. (See the high altitude photograph, above.) Bolinas and the Point Reyes Peninsula are on the Pacific Plate, moving north relative to Stinson Beach and the North American Plate at an average rate of about one inch per year. History The first post office at Bolinas opened in 1863. The city's beaches are some of the cleanest in the state. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,246 people, 486 households, and 260 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 900.6 people per square mile (348.6/km²). There were 629 housing units at an average density of 454.7/sq mi (176.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.53% White, 1.85% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.77% Asian, 0.40% Pacific Islander, 2.49% from other races, and 2.65% from two or more races. 5.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.There were 486 households out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.87.In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 40.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,188, and the median income for a family was $56,111. Males had a median income of $48,281 versus $40,417 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,973. About 5.5% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.The much larger area defined by the Census Bureau as Zip Code Tabulation Area 94924, which includes Horseshoe Hill, Dogtown, and Five Brooks, had a 2000 population of 1,560 people (see map). Education Bolinas is in the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, the Tamalpais Union High School District, and the Marin Community College District. Students in primary grades (kindergarten – grade 2) attend Stinson Beach School, while elementary grade students (grades 3–8) attend Bolinas School. Bolinas is in the attendance area of Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley.In 1951, Ford Times identified Bolinas as the first in its series of 'Tom Sawyer Towns... a good place for boys and girls to live and grow... its school days, its summer vacations, its vast adventures in fishing, swimming, baseball, basking and dreaming in the sun. Such a place is Bolinas.' Government Bolinas is unincorporated, receiving general government services from Marin County, including law enforcement, land use planning, public health, and code enforcement. Two special districts provide local services. The Bolinas Community Public Utility District provides water and wastewater service and contracts for garbage and recycling collection. The Bolinas Fire Protection District provides fire protection, emergency medical care, and disaster management services. Regional recreation areas Besides the public access beach near the downtown area, there is a county park, Agate Beach, which contains extensive tide pools that are protected as part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. The town also hosts the Marin-Bolinas Botanical Gardens, and borders on the Point Reyes National Seashore to the north. Notable Bolinas people Mary D. Barber (March 20, 1869–February 20, 1929), artist and author ofWinter Butterflies in Bolinas,had a second home in Bolinas starting in 1907 and was one of two women to participate in salvage of the wreck of the R. D. Inman off Duxbury Reef Bill Berkson, poet Peg Bracken, author Richard Brautigan, writer Jim Carroll, author, poet, rock musician C. West Churchman, philosopher Suzanne Ciani, electronic music pioneer Tom Clark (poet), poet, biographer Joel Coen, one of The Coen Brothers, screenwriter, film director Signy Coleman, actress Clark Coolidge, poet Robert Creeley, poet, author Paulette Frankl, artist, photographer, biographer Sid Ganis, President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (2005–), producer and studio executive Robert Grenier,L=A=N=G=U=A=G=Epoet Stephan Jenkins, singer, songwriter, founder Third Eye Blind band Paul Kantner, rhythm guitarist, rock vocalist, songwriter Harmony Korine, film director, producer, screenwriter Joanne Kyger, poet, with ties to theBeat generation Anne Lamott, nonfiction author Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor and studio potter Lewis MacAdams, poet, author Jerry Mander, activist, author Frances McDormand, film, stage and TV actress Barry McGee, artist Duncan McNaughton, poet, publisher, teacher David Meltzer, poet Walter Murch, Academy-award winning film editor, sound mixer Bill Niman, rancher Arthur Okamura, painter and silk screen artist Bill Rafferty, television personality Stephen Ratcliffe, poet Charles A. Reich, professor of law at Yale University, author Aram Saroyan, poet, novelist, playwright Strawberry Saroyan, journalist and author Orville Schell, dean of theUniversity of California, BerkeleyGraduate School of Journalism Tony Serra, radical civil rights attorney, tax resister Grace Slick, rock singer, songwriter Susie Tompkins Buell, founder ofEsprit label Peter Warshall, ecologist Alice Waters, chef, Chez Panisse restaurant Philip Whalen, poet Michael Wolfe, poet, author, publisher, documentary film producer Notes and references Bolinas Bay Bolinas Lagoon Bolinas-Stinson Union School District Point Reyes National Seashore Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, which includes all the waters off the coast of Bolinas ^abcdU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bolinas, California ^abDurham, David L. (1998).California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 605.ISBN 9781884995149. ^'Homeless man's beating shakes up hippie haven - CNN.com'.http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/17/homeless.beating.ap/index.html. [dead link] ^Bay Area beaches grade well for safe swimming, May 27, 2010 by Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle ^'American FactFinder'.United States Census Bureau.http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ^U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder, Zip Code Tabulation Area 94924 Fact Sheet ^Corliss, J. Ray (March 1951).'Bolinas, California'.Ford Times43(3): 2–11.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350184377840&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us. Retrieved March 29, 2009. [dead link] ^Bolinas Community Public Utility District ^Bolinas Fire Protection District ^Winter Butterflies in Bolinas,1918, Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco, accessed scanned copy February 10, 2007 atwww.archive.org ^AskArt.com, Mary Dunkin Barber, accessed February 10, 2007 ^San Anselmo Historical Museum, 'The Barber Tract', accessed February 10, 2007 ^abcdefghSteve Clay and Rodney Phillips (1998).The Mimeograph Revolution. Granary Books.http://www.granarybooks.com/books/clay/clay4.html. Retrieved June 13, 2007. 'Literary scenes with strong affiliations to the New American Poetry were in evidence elsewhere in California — most notably Bolinas in the 1970s, when that somewhat remote hippie village north of San Francisco became home to many poets. In particular, the transplanted easterner and Poetry Project veteran Bill Berkson and his press Big Sky flourished there in the decade, publishing both a magazine and a series of books. Bolinas residents of the period also included Robert Creeley, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, David Meltzer, Lewis Warsh, Tom Clark, Lewis MacAdams, Philip Whalen, Aram Saroyan, Joanne Kyger, Jim Carroll, and Duncan McNaughton, among others. Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, and Joe Brainard were among many occasional visitors, with Joe Brainard's Bolinas Journal providing an interesting record of one such extended stay.' ^The Braughtigan Archive,'Bolinas', accessed June 13, 2007 ^SFGate,C. W. Nevius Blog, 'Remembering 'Trout Fishing in America.' June 20, 2006, with some comments by Bolinas residents who knew Brautigan, accessed June 14, 2007 ^Ruthe Stein (May 5, 2006).'Are nude scenes challenging? It all depends'.San Francisco Chronicle: pp. E–4.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/05/DDGJMIKDT11.DTL. Retrieved 2008-10-09.