Fallon, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}} {{For|any other use|Fallon (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

'''Fallon''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in [[Marin County, California|Marin County]], [[California]], United States.<ref name="gnis" /> Fallon is located at {{coord|38|16|29|N|122|54|21|W|}}, {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of [[Tomales, California|Tomales]], at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m).<ref name="gnis" /> It lies just west of [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] along the abandoned [[North Pacific Coast Railroad]].{{Infobox settlement   |name = Fallon |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =[[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California#USA |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California |pushpin_image=California Locator Map with US.PNG  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = [[California]] |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = [[Marin County, California|Marin]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | |established_title =  |established_date = |coordinates = {{coord|38|16|29|N|122|54|21|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1658524}}</ref> |elevation_m = 23 |elevation_ft = 75 |area_code = [[Area code 707|707]] |footnotes = }}

== History == The name Fallon honors Luke and James Fallon, early local settlers. Starting in the 1870s, Fallon was a stop on the [[North Pacific Coast Railroad]] connecting [[Cazadero, California|Cazadero]] to the [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] ferry to San Francisco. The Fallon family operated a dairy and creamery in the area, and shipped dairy products to San Francisco and beyond by rail.<ref name=MIJ>{{cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Scott |date=4 Apr 2022 |title=Marin history: Fallon's history |url=https://www.marinij.com/2022/04/04/marin-history/ |work=Marin Independent Journal |location=San Rafael, CA |access-date=14 Dec 2023}}</ref> Following soon after, in 1898, the first post office in Fallon opened.<ref>{{cite book | last=Durham | first=David L. | title=California's geographic names : a gazetteer of historic and modern names of the state | publication-place=Clovis, California | date=1998 | isbn=1-884995-14-4 | oclc=38389700}}</ref> The town survived the [[1906 San Francisco Earthquake]] with little damage,<ref name =PAC>{{cite news |last=Dickson |first=John T. |date=25 Apr 1970 |title=Fallon Store remains as reminder of colorful past |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/249745487/?terms=fallon&match=1 |work=Petaluma Argus-Courier |location=Petaluma, CA |access-date=14 Dec 2023}}</ref> but in 1912, the creamery, train station, and other businesses burned to the ground, and Fallon began to decline as the creamery relocated to the Tomales area.<ref name=MIJ />

Rail service to Fallon ended in 1930.<ref name=PAC /> [[File:Fallon-California-Grain-And-Feed-Store.jpg|left|thumb|349x349px|Fallon Station And Nearby Grain & Feed Store 1898-1907]]

==References== <references /> {{Marin County, California}} {{authority control}}

[[Category:Unincorporated communities in California]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Marin County, California]]