Tiburon, California

Tiburon, California
Town in California
Town of Tiburon
View of Downtown Tiburon near the Ferry Docks
Location in Marin County and the state of California
Tiburon, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°52′25″N 122°27′24″W / 37.87361°N 122.45667°W / 37.87361; -122.45667
Country	United States
State	California
County	Marin
Incorporated	June 23, 1964[1]
Government
• Supervisor	District 3 Kate Sears
• State Senator	Mike McGuire (D)[2]
• Assemblymember	Damon Connolly (D)[2]
• U.S. Rep.	Jared Huffman (D)[3]
Area [4]
• Total	13.22 sq mi (34.23 km2)
• Land	4.48 sq mi (11.60 km2)
• Water	8.74 sq mi (22.63 km2)  66.27%
Elevation [5]	13 ft (4 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• Total	9,146
• Density	2,027.6/sq mi (782.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP Code	94920[7]
Area codes	415/628
FIPS code	06-78666
GNIS feature IDs	1659998, 2413389
Website	townoftiburon.org

Tiburon (/ˈtɪbərɒn/ TIB-ər-on; Spanish: Tiburón, [tiβuˈɾon])^[9] is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It is located on the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. It shares a ZIP code (94920) with the smaller incorporated city of Belvedere (formerly a separate island), which occupies the southwest part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon. Tiburon is bordered by Corte Madera to the north and Mill Valley to the west, but is otherwise mostly surrounded by the bay. Besides Belvedere and Tiburon, much of the peninsula is unincorporated,^[10] including portions of the north side and the communities of Strawberry and Paradise Cay.

The population of Tiburon was 9,146 at the 2020 census and has 6,600 registered voters.^[11] Belvedere and Tiburon share a post office,^[12] library^[13] and recreation agency.^[14]

The city's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark". The name was first given to the peninsula on which the city is situated, and probably inspired by the prevalence of locally native leopard sharks in the surrounding waters. Tiburon was formerly the southern terminus of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad (subsequently the Northwestern Pacific Railroad), which transported freight for transfer to barges for shipping to cities around San Francisco Bay. It is now a commuter and tourist town, linked by fast ferry services to San Francisco and with a concentration of restaurants and clothes shops. It is the nearest mainland point to Angel Island and a regular ferry service connects to the island.