Mailliard, California

Mailliard
—  Former settlement  —
Mailliard Location in California
Coordinates: 38°00′24″N 122°38′03″W / 38.00667°N 122.63417°W / 38.00667; -122.63417Coordinates: 38°00′24″N 122°38′03″W / 38.00667°N 122.63417°W / 38.00667; -122.63417
Country	United States
State	California
County	Marin County
Elevation[1]	436 ft (133 m)

Mailliard is a former settlement in Marin County, California.^[1] It was located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of downtown Novato,^[2] at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m), in part of what is now Woodacre, in the San Geronimo Valley.^[1] Mailliard still appeared on maps as of 1914.^[1] The settlement was named after Adolph Mailliard, who settled there in 1868 with his wife Ann Eliza Ward to establish San Geronimo Ranch, where they bred horses.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mailliard, California
2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 659. ISBN 9781884995149. 
3. ^ Mailliard, William Somers (1993). "The Mailliards of California : a family chronicle, 1868-1990". Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/details/mailliardsofcali00mailrich. Retrieved 22 April 2010.