Lagunitas, California
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Lagunitas | |
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 U.S. Post Office in Lagunitas | |
  Lagunitas Location in California  Lagunitas Lagunitas (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′41″N 122°42′08″W / 38.01139°N 122.70222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Marin County |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
Lagunitas (Laguna, Spanish for "Little lagoons") is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California.[1] It is located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Novato,[2] at an elevation of 217 feet (66 m).[1] Lagunitas is aggregated with Forest Knolls by the U.S. Census into the census-designated place (CDP) Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.
The first post office at Lagunitas opened in 1906.[2] Lagunitas' ZIP Code is 94938.[3]
Lagunitas is located in a mountainous part of Marin County, just north of Kent Lake and east of Samuel P. Taylor State Park.[4] Kent Lake serves as the primary tributary into the Lagunitas Creek, which flows into the Tomales Bay and from there the Pacific Ocean.[5]
Demographics
Statistics describing Lagnuitas' demographics are grouped by the U.S. Census with the nearby unincorporated community of Forest Knolls. The two towns share a population of 1,924 people split between 801 families and 866 households.[6]
Political affiliation
Lagunitas staunchly supports the Democratic Party in elections. The town is represented in the U.S. Congress by two Democratic senators, Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla, and by Democratic representative Jared Huffman in the House.[7]
In the 2020 United States presidential election, Lagunitas voted for the Democratic Party's nominee Joe Biden over Republican incumbent Donald Trump by a margin of nearly 77 percentage points in Biden's favor. Lagunitas supported Biden more than they did Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.[8]
