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CENSUS TRACT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA 38.614293N 38.630635N 123.292599W 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS TRACT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA 122.761035W LEGEND SYMBOL DESCRIPTION SYMBOL LABEL STYLE Healdsburg 33056 Federal American Indian Reservation L'ANSE RES 1880 Off-Reservation Trust Land, Hawaiian Home Land T1880 Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area, Alaska Native Village Statistical Area, KAW OTSA 5340 Tribal Designated Statistical Area State American Indian Reservation Tama Res 4125 State Designated Tribal Statistical Area Lumbee STSA 9815 Alaska Native Regional Corporation NANA ANRC 52120 Austin Creek State Rec Area State (or statistically equivalent entity) NEW YORK 36 County (or statistically equivalent entity) ERIE 029 Minor Civil Division (MCD)1,2 Bristol town 07485 Consolidated City MILFORD 47500 101 Incorporated Place 1,3 Davis 18100 Windsor 85922 Timber Cove 78715 Census Designated Place (CDP) 3 Incline Village 35100 Census Tract 33.07 Armstrong Redwoods State Park DESCRIPTION SYMBOL DESCRIPTION SYMBOL Cazadero 12146 Interstate 3 Water Body Pleasant Lake U.S. Highway 2 Swamp or Marsh Okefenokee Swamp Guerneville 31470 State Highway 4 Marsh Ln Glacier Bering Glacier Other Road 4WD Trail, Stairway, R Military Fort Belvoir u Alley, Walkway, or Ferry ssia n Larkfield- Riv Southern RR Wikiup 40426 Raiload National or State Park, Yosemite NP Forest, or Recreation Area Pipeline or Power Line Inset Area A Ridge or Fence Property Line Outside Subject Area Nonvisible Boundary 116 or Feature Not 1 Elsewhere Classified Fulton 28014 Where state, county, and/or MCD boundaries coincide, the map shows the boundary symbol for only the highest-ranking of these boundaries. Forestville 24960 1 A ' ° ' following an MCD name denotes a false MCD. A ' ° ' following a place name indicates that a false MCD exists with the same name and FIPS code as the place; 116 the false MCD label is not shown. 2 MCD boundaries are shown in the following states in which MCDs have functioning governments: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 116 Monte Rio New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, 48928 Jenner 37274 and Wisconsin. 3 Place label color correlates to the place fill color. R u s s i a Sonoma n Coast R State Beach i v Sonoma Coast State Beach Graton Santa Rosa 30812 70098 12 SO N OM A 0 97 12 Sebastopol 70770 Sereno del 116 Mar 71000 Carmet 11376 Occidental 53266 116 C A LI FO R 1 N Salmon Creek 64252 IA 0 6 Bodega 07246 116 Sonoma Coast 1 State Beach Bodega Bay 07260 Valley Ford 81778 Bodega Hbr 1 Bloomfield 07036 Marsh Rd SONOMA 097 MARIN 041 d R o r e t s E d R e l d d R d i l M o o h c Gericke Rd S y n i l w d k H R n a e y r n e i l F l t e n d r u r o o h H F S y e l l d a V R allon Two i Whit F n aker o B n lu ck Rd i ff Ro t Rd Fallon-Two Rock Rd r a Pacific Ocean M B urba nk L n Carmody Rd Fallon-Two Rock Rd d R e l d d M i M 9901 r A 1 Twin Bridge Rd R D I N a n Alexander Rd a 1330 0 e 4 O c Tom ales 1 Pet alum Rd a Rd Sand Coast Gaurd V Tomales 78890 iew Training Center e Dr n i Location of County within State Sheet Location within Entity r a eac M n B h Rd Petaluma Bodega Bay Dillo Marine Dillon Irvin Rd Vie Irvin Rd w Dr Beach 19262 r D y a B y Hw Cer e ini Rd lin re o h S d R y lle a V o n e il h 1322 C Point Reyes Natl Shr d R e k a n Cerini Rd S Tomales Bay 38.198395N 38.214645N 123.270352W 122.741748W All legal boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2010. The boundaries shown on this Projection: Albers Equal Area Conic Key to Sheets map are for Census Bureau statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their Datum: NAD 83 PARENT SHEET 1 NAME: Marin County (041) Spheroid: GRS 80 depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of 0 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers ENTITY TYPE: County or statistically equivalent entity jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement. 1st Standard Parallel: 34 06 27 Total Sheets: 4 2nd Standard Parallel: 40 25 20 0 1 2 3 4 5 Miles ST: California (06) Geographic Vintage: 2010 Census (reference date: January 1, 2010) - Index Sheets: 1 Central Meridian: -119 18 20 The plotted map scale is 1:63360 1 - Parent Sheets: 3 Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database (TAB10ST06) Latitude of Projection's Origin: 32 31 43 Map Created by Geography Division: December 07, 2010 False Easting: 0 - Inset Sheets: 0 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau False Northing: 0 2 3 2010 CENSUS TRACT REF MAP (PARENT) U S C E N S U S B U R E A U 205006041001 .
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