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Forest Knolls, Marin County, California

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Forest Knolls
Unincorporated community
Forest Knolls Post Office
Forest Knolls Post Office
Forest Knolls is located in California
Forest Knolls
Forest Knolls
Location in California
Forest Knolls is located in the United States
Forest Knolls
Forest Knolls
Forest Knolls (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°00′55″N 122°41′19″W / 38.01528°N 122.68861°W / 38.01528; -122.68861
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMarin County
Elevation
[1]
249 ft (76 m)

Forest Knolls is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California.[1] It is located 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Novato,[2] at an elevation of 249 feet (76 m).[1] For census purposes, Forest Knolls is aggregated with Lagunitas into the census-designated place Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.

The first post office at Forest Knolls opened in 1916.[2] Forest Knolls' ZIP Code is 94933.[3]

There are a number of small historical businesses in Forest Knolls such as the Papermill Creek Saloon.

Notable residents

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  • Franklin B. Morse (1873-1929), a sportswriter and star football player, owned a home in Forest Knolls, where he died in 1929.

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Knolls, Marin County, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 633. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ USPS ZIP Code search function Archived December 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine


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