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Larkspur - A Small Town with Silver Peso
Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. As of 2006, the city's estimated population was 11,746. Larkspur is located north of San Francisco near Mount Tamalpais. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the neighboring Corte Madera. Adjacent to Larkspur's downtown is Madrone Canyon, which is a residential area and a redwood grove.
Janis Joplin's last known residence was located in Larkspur at 380 West Baltimore Drive. Ki Longfellow grew up in Larkspur's Madrone Canyon.
Ferry Service
Larkspur is the location for one of Golden Gate Transit's ferry system. It counts as one of the main Golden Gate Ferry portals and has a ridership of over 6,000 per day on the average. There is direct ferry service from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants
HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR 
PEOPLE PAY TO WALK DOWN MAIN STREET AT DISNEYLAND. YOU CAN WALK DOWN LARKSPUR'S HISTORIC MAGNOLIA AVENUE FOR FREE!!
The false-front store facades, the Mission Revival style church and City Hall, the early Queen Anne Victorians and the Blue Rock Inn, all evoke the flavor of the City's past. Larkspur's downtown has been designated a State and City Historic District and is officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places because it is "typical of a small California town at the turn of the century."
The buildings along the street between the Lark Theater and the Lark Creek Inn are unique because they are examples of historic commercial architecture of the 1890's, early 1900s, 1920s, and 1930s.
Magnolia Avenue: The original highway through southern Marin was mapped out in 1909, and Magnolia Avenue served as the major access road for much of Marin. Today, Magnolia Avenue looks much as it did when it was the main county road. However, the ordinance making it "unlawful to ride, drive or lead any horses, cows, mules or large animals on sidewalks" is no longer on the books.
Population: 7,319
Number of households: 3,306
Racial makeup: 91 percent white; 1 percent black; 2 percent Asian; 6 percent Latino
Households with children: 27 percent
Median income per household: $58,465
Per capita income: $34,080
Median age: 42
Population below poverty line: 6.5 percent
Source: 2000 census