Novato

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Novato (/nəˈvɑːtoʊ/ nə-vah-toh) 

is a city in northern Marin County, 

in the North Bay region of the 

San Francisco Bay Area, 

about 30 miles (48 km) north of 

San Francisco on U.S. 101.

 2010 U S Census population: 51,904.

Today's Novato was home to several 

Coast Miwok villages: 

Chokecherry, Puyuku,  and Olompali, 

[at the present Olompali State Historic Park.^[9]]]

In 1839 the Mexican government 

granted the 8,876-acre 

(35.92 km²) Rancho Novato 

to Fernando Feliz. 

[The rancho was named after a 

local Miwok leader who had 

probably been given the 

name of Saint Novatus 

at his baptism.^[10] ]

Novato, along with 

the rest of California,

became part of the United States 

on February 2, 1848. 

" If you don't support the death penalty

 and citizens packing a pistol - 

don't come to Texas. 

If you don't like medicinal marijuana 

and gay marriage, don't move to California. "

Rick Perry

"I grew up in Marin County 

north of San Francisco, and 

in the 1950s and '60s 

it was a natural paradise." 

                                 Huey Lewis

 A railroad was built in 1879, 

connecting Novato to Sonoma County

 and San Rafael. The current depot 

was built in 1917, but closed in 1959 

and is largely derelict. 

The station is still standing.

The Presbyterian church, 

still a landmark in Novato today, 

was built in 1896. Until 2006 it 

housed a number of city offices,

 but was vacated that year due 

to safety concerns and condemned. 

The church has since been renovated,

and city offices returned.

Novato has warm, mostly dry summers 

and cool, wet winters.

 Average January temperatures were 

a maximum of 53.6 °F (12.0 °C) and a 

minimum of 38.7 °F (3.7 °C). 

Average July temperatures were a 

maximum of 79.9 °F (26.6 °C) and 

a minimum of 52.0 °F (11.1 °C). 

Novato was incorporated 

as a city in 1960

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