Strawberry, Marin County, California Facts for Kids

This page is about one of the California locations named "Strawberry". For others, see Strawberry, California.

Quick facts for kids Strawberry
Census-designated place
Location in Marin County and the state of California
Strawberry CDP, California (orange)
Strawberry, Marin County, California Location in the United States
Country	United States
State	California
County	Marin 3rd District
Government
• Type	Recreation District
Area
• Total	1.912 sq mi (4.95 km²)
• Land	1.330 sq mi (3.44 km²)
• Water	0.582 sq mi (1.51 km²) 30.44%
Elevation	223 ft (68 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,447
• Density	4,095.5/sq mi (1,581.3/km²)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	94941
Area codes	415/628
FIPS code	06-75315
GNIS feature ID	1867062

Strawberry is a community in Marin County, California, United States. It is known as a census-designated place (CDP), which means it's an area defined by the government for counting people, but it's not an official city.

Strawberry shares a ZIP code (94941) with Mill Valley. Because of this, addresses in Strawberry are often listed as "Mill Valley". It is also part of Mill Valley's school districts. However, Strawberry is considered to be closely connected to the town of Tiburon. A major highway, U.S. Route 101, largely separates Strawberry from Mill Valley. In 2020, about 5,447 people lived in Strawberry.

Geography of Strawberry
Population of Strawberry
Schools in Strawberry
- Strawberry Point School History
- Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
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Geography of Strawberry

Strawberry is located in the southern part of Marin County. It sits on Strawberry Point, which reaches into Richardson Bay. To the east, Strawberry borders Tiburon, and to the west, it borders Mill Valley. To the north is the community of Alto.

Across the western part of Richardson Bay to the south are Marin City and Sausalito. U.S. Route 101 runs along the western edge of Strawberry. This highway goes north about 6 miles (10 km) to San Rafael, which is the main city of the county. It goes south about 8 miles (13 km) over the famous Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco.

The Strawberry CDP covers about 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²). About 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of this is land, and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), or about 30%, is water. Aramburu Island is a small island separated from Strawberry by Richardson Bay.

Ring Mountain is a tall area east of Strawberry on the Tiburon Peninsula. It holds important clues about where Native American people once lived.

Strawberry Spit used to be a place where harbor seals gathered to live and fish. However, after building projects started on the spit in the 1980s, the seals moved away. Strawberry is also home to a major bus stop for Golden Gate Transit, which helps people travel around the area.

Population of Strawberry

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1990	4,377	—
2000	5,302	21.1%
2010	5,393	1.7%
2020	5,447	1.0%
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In 2010, about 5,393 people lived in Strawberry. There were 2,510 households, which are groups of people living together in one home. The average household had about 2 people.

The population included people of different ages. About 20% were under 18 years old, and about 17.5% were 65 years or older. The average age in Strawberry was 44 years old.

Schools in Strawberry

Most of Strawberry is part of the Mill Valley Elementary School District. A smaller part is in the Reed Union Elementary School District. All of Strawberry is also part of the Tamalpais Union High School District and the Marin Community College District. Students from Strawberry usually attend Mill Valley Middle School and Tamalpais High School.

Strawberry has one public school called Strawberry Point School, which teaches students from kindergarten to 5th grade. It is part of the Mill Valley District.

Strawberry Point School History

Strawberry Point School first opened in 1952. In 1969, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades started going to Mill Valley Middle School instead. Strawberry Point School closed in 1990 but then reopened in 2000.

A famous musician named Huey Lewis attended Strawberry Point School in the 1950s. He even skipped second grade there!

A song called "Mill Valley" became very popular across the country. It was recorded in 1970 and was on an album called Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class. You can listen to a clip of the song online here.

Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary

The land where the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary once stood on Strawberry Point was considered as a possible location for the headquarters of the United Nations. This was back in the 1940s when the UN was being created in San Francisco. At that time, Strawberry was mostly undeveloped and seemed like a very calm and peaceful place. However, New York City was eventually chosen for the UN headquarters instead. The seminary closed its Strawberry campus in 2016.