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Fairfax, California

Marin County · Population 7,605 · Card no. 10129

A small Marin town in a wooded canyon, long associated with counterculture and mountain biking.

The sport of mountain biking was developed on the fire roads above town in the 1970s.
The town has a strong environmental politics.
It is named for Charles Snowden Fairfax, a Virginia aristocrat who settled here.

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