Marin County

Marin County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 252,409. Its county seat is San Rafael. Marin County is included in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (San Francisco Bay Area) across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.

Marin County is notably known for it's natural features, such as Muir Woods National Monument, Mount Tamalpais, and Montoya Wilderness National Park.

Key Places

 * Montoya Wilderness National Park - A national park in the northern region of the county, notably the main location of Mission 246.
 * San Quentin State Prison - A large state prison, known for housing the notorious Robert Tonacci.
 * San Rafael - The birthplace of James Willoughby.
 * Tamalpais Valley - The location of the infamous Willoughby Home.

Notable Events

 * March 29, 1779 - Francisco Montoya first sets foot in the Montoya Wilderness.
 * July 7, 1779 - Francisco Montoya is murdered in what is now Tamalpais Valley.


 * October 21, 1864 - James Willoughby is born in San Rafael.


 * May 3, 1872 - The Willoughby Home is built in Tamalpais Valley, on the corner of 6th Street and Montoya Avenue.
 * November 24, 1889 - James Willoughby inherits the Willoughby Home in Tamalpais Valley.


 * September 14, 1905 - Lorena Chen meets James Willoughby in San Francisco. He invites her to come work at his home in Tamalpais Valley.
 * April 16, 1906 - Lorena Chen performs a ritual on a family relic, and leaves James Willoughby to live off in the Montoya Wilderness.
 * July 13, 1912 - Lorena Chen dies, supposedly at the Raven's Nest in the Montoya Wilderness.
 * August 18, 1918 - James Willoughby dies in his home in Tamalpais Valley.