Inverness Park, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Inverness Park, California
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Marin
government_type =
leader_title = N/A
leader_name =
leader_title = County Board
leader_name = District 4
Steve Kinsey
leader_title1 = Senate
leader_name1 = Carole Migden (D)
leader_title2 = Assembly
leader_name2 = Jared Huffman (D)
leader_title3 = U. S. Congress
leader_name3 = Lynn Woolsey (D)
elevation_ft = 148
elevation_m = 45
elevation_footnotes = [Gnis|1658828|Inverness Park]
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timezone = PST
utc_offset = -8
timezone_DST = PDT
utc_offset_DST = -7
latd = 38 |latm = 03 |lats = 50 |latNS = N
longd = 122 |longm = 49 |longs = 22 |longEW = W
elevation_m = 36
elevation_ft = 118
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 94956
area_code = 415
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 06-36630
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1658828
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Inverness Park in Marin County, California, USA, is a small unincorporated community between the communities of Point Reyes Station and Inverness. The community uses Point Reyes Station's post office.

It stretches for the three or four miles (6 km) from Limantour Road, north along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, hugging the western edge of Tomales Bay. It is immediately adjacent to the Point Reyes National Seashore.

History

Original population included many Portuguese and Italian immigrants who worked the land. At least two fish hatcheries existed in the area until about 50 years ago.

Originally a few isolated houses, Inverness Park expanded in the 1950s as a failed developer's pipe dream called Noren Estates. A later, more successful housing expansion in the steep and immensely attractive hills called Paradise Ranch Estates more than doubled the population. A product of David Adams Real Estate, Paradise Ranch Estates sold parcels with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Tomales Bay, or—for a lucky few—both. Paradise Ranch Estates was plagued by numerous problems relating to its roads and availability of water. As the Adams family moved out of ownership, residents assumed the task of road improvement and maintenance. After the floods of January 4, 1982, a municipal water supply was hooked up.

In the fires of October 1995, forty-eight homes on the ridges of Paradise Ranch Estates burned, including that of well-known singer Jesse Colin Young.

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