Larkspur, California

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View of Larkspur at sunrise as seen from the Blue Rock Inn, formerly Hotel Merwin built in 1895

Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. Larkspur is located directly south of Kentfield and Template:Convert south of San Rafael,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis /> As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the neighboring Corte Madera and town of San Anselmo as the Central Marin Police Authority.

The city's main thoroughfare is Magnolia Avenue, which runs through the Larkspur Downtown Historic District. Madrone Canyon, a residential area amidst a redwood grove, traces scenic Larkspur Creek.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (6.80%) is water.

History

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The former Blue Rock Inn

Charles W. Wright laid out the town in 1887.<ref name="CGN" /> The first post office opened in 1891.<ref name="CGN" /> Larkspur incorporated in 1908.<ref name="CGN" /> Larkspur's Downtown Historic District, known also as Old Downtown Larkspur, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The restored Art Deco Lark Theater is part of this downtown district. The historic Blue Rock building, originally opened in the 1890's,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is currently home to popular restaurant The Left Bank.

Communities

Murray Park is an unincorporated community in Larkspur. Escalle is named after a 19th-century French immigrant.

Government

Federal and state

In the United States House of Representatives, Larkspur is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref> From 2008 to 2012, Huffman represented Marin County in the California State Assembly.

In the California State Legislature, Larkspur is in:

According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Larkspur has 8,871 registered voters. Of those, 4,944 (55.7%) are registered Democrats, 1,250 (14.1%) are registered Republicans, and 2,324 (26.2%) have declined to state a political party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

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2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Larkspur had a population of 13,064. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Larkspur was 75.4% White, 1.5% African American, 0.6% Native American, 6.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.3% from other races, and 10.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.1% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The census reported that 99.3% of the population lived in households, 0.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.7% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 6,102 households, out of which 24.5% included children under the age of 18, 42.6% were married-couple households, 7.0% were cohabiting couple households, 33.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 36.8% of households were one person, and 20.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.13.<ref name=DP1/> There were 3,347 families (54.9% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 18.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% aged 18 to 24, 20.1% aged 25 to 44, 30.4% aged 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 49.2Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 6,459 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 6,102 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 48.6% were owner-occupied, and 51.4% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 16.9% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 80.6% spoke only English at home, 8.7% spoke Spanish, 6.6% spoke other Indo-European languages, 3.0% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 1.1% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 96.6% were high school graduates and 69.4% had a bachelor's degree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The median household income in 2023 was $134,744, and the per capita income was $103,235. About 3.4% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2010

At the 2010 census Larkspur had a population of 11,926. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Larkspur was 10,311 (86.5%) White, 186 (1.6%) African American, 26 (0.2%) Native American, 563 (4.7%) Asian, 13 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 343 (2.9%) from other races, and 484 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 918 people (7.7%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The census reported that 11,803 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 42 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 81 (0.7%) were institutionalized.

There were 5,908 households, 1,314 (22.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,266 (38.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 433 (7.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 197 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 329 (5.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 74 (1.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 2,502 households (42.3%) were one person and 1,009 (17.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.00. There were 2,896 families (49.0% of households); the average family size was 2.77.

The age distribution was 2,176 people (18.2%) under the age of 18, 466 people (3.9%) aged 18 to 24, 2,620 people (22.0%) aged 25 to 44, 4,103 people (34.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,561 people (21.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 48.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.0 males.

There were 6,376 housing units at an average density of 1,966.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 2,898 (49.1%) were owner-occupied and 3,010 (50.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%. 6,494 people (54.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,309 people (44.5%) lived in rental housing units.

Transportation

Ferry service

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Ferries docked at the Larkspur Landing in Larkspur, California.

Larkspur is the location of Golden Gate Transit's Larkspur Landing, the main ferry terminal for its commuter passenger ferry service between Marin County and the San Francisco Ferry Building and job centers in the Financial District. This Golden Gate Ferry portals and has a ridership of over 8,500 per day, on average. There is special direct ferry service from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to Oracle Park for San Francisco Giants games.

Rail service

The Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit commuter rail service was extended to Larkspur station in 2019. The line provides daily trips as far north as Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport and is eventually planned to extend to Cloverdale station.

The North Pacific Coast Railroad (later absorbed by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad) provided interurban services to Larkspur until 1941.

Education

Larkspur-Corte Madera School District serves much of Larkspur for elementary and middle school.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> Neil Cummins Elementary School and Hall Middle School serve both Corte Madera and Larkspur. Neil Cummins serves grades K to 5, while Hall serves grades 6 to 8. The former San Clemente Elementary School was reopened as The Cove School in 2014. In lieu of extensive retrofit to the existing structures, new buildings have been built on the same site. This school serves neighborhoods currently served by Neil Cummins Elementary, mostly to the west of Highway 101, and new developments in the area.Template:Citation needed

A portion of Larkspur is in the Kentfield Elementary School District.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/>

The Tamalpais Union High School District, which serves most of Larkspur (the Larkspur-Corte Madera and Kentfield district portions),<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/> comprises five high schools that serve the region.

A portion of Larkspur is in the San Rafael Elementary School District and the San Rafael High School District, jointly operated as San Rafael City Schools.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/> Residents of the San Rafael high school district may choose either San Rafael High School or Terra Linda High School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Marin Primary and Middle School is a local private school.Template:Citation needed

The College of Marin is a public community college in Marin County with two campuses, one in Kentfield. The Kentfield campus is adjacent to the Larkspur town limit. Operational since 1926, it is the only institution operated by the Marin Community College District.

Scenes in the 1949 film noir Impact featured several areas around Larkspur, including the home and gas station of the Probert family, in the location now occupied by Perry's Larkspur restaurant.<ref name="Larkspur Past and Present">Template:Cite book</ref> In the film, the town is frequently mentioned as being in Idaho.

The final scenes of Clint Eastwood's 1971 movie Dirty Harry were filmed in Larkspur at the old Hutchison Gravel Quarry (now Larkspur Landing).<ref name="ggf_history">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="dirtyharryfilminglocations">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="poskanzer">Template:Cite web</ref>

Town twinning

Notable people

See also

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