- Maps — San Geronimo Valley Historical Society

Maps: 1800s to present

Despite being less suburbanized than areas to the east, the San Geronimo Valley was detailed in a surprising number of maps throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Early parcel maps and cartographic representations come to us through navy cartographer Joseph Warren Revere. Later maps record the subdivision of the Valley by the heirs of the Mailliard family, then later the Lagunitas Development Company. The following maps are presented in chronological order based on creation or publication dates.

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Map of San Rafael Lands in 1834

This map demonstrates the understanding that cartographers had of the Marin peninsula in the 1830s, as well as the extant of the lands under the influence of Mission San Rafael.

(The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Volume XX. History of California. Vol. III. 1825-1840.)

Rancho San Geronimo | ca. 1839

(Courtesy California State Archives)

Harbour of San Francisco, California | ca. 1849

(A Tour of Duty in California by Joseph W. Revere)

Rancho San Gerónimo [Revere] - Diseño #667 | ca. 1853

(Diseños – U. S. National Archives)

Rancho San Gerónimo [Revere] - Diseño #667 | ca. 1853

(Diseños - U.S. National Archives)

Rancho Nicasio - Diseño #270 | ca. 1855

(Courtesy California State Archives)

Rancho Nicasio - Diseño #270 | ca. 1855

(Courtesy California State Archives)

Rancho San Gerónimo [Revere] - Diseño #667 | ca. 1853

(Diseños - U.S. National Archive)

Rancho San Geronimo - Map of Marin County, California | ca. 1873

(Courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)

Link to original map

S.P. Taylor - Map of Marin County, California | ca. 1873

(Courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)

Link to original map

Rancho San Geronimo - Map of Marin County, California | ca. 1892

(Courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)

Link to original map

S.P. Taylor - Map of Marin County, California | ca. 1892

(Courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)

Link to original map

Tourists Maps of Marin County | ca. 1898

Creek details in the pre-Kent Lake area include Big Carson and Little Carson.

(Courtesy Huntington Library.)

Lagunitas Development Company Promotional Map | ca. 1914

(San Geronimo Valley Historical Society Collection)