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=== Early history === San Anselmo sits on [[Coast Miwok]] land which was inhabited prior to American and Spanish settlers.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The land in and around San Anselmo was mostly [[pastoralism|pastoral]] until 1874, when the [[North Pacific Coast Railroad]] (NPC) added to its line a spur track from San Anselmo to San Rafael. In 1875, the railroad completed a line from [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] to [[Tomales, California|Tomales]] and north to [[Cazadero, California|Cazadero]] via San Anselmo. For a few years, the town was listed on railroad maps as "[[Junction (rail)|Junction]]", but in 1883 the name San Anselmo came back into use. The San Anselmo post office opened in 1892.<ref name=CGN /> Two postal substations were operated: Lansdale, from 1924 to 1962, and Yolanda, from 1924 to 1954.<ref name=CGN /> [[File:San Aselmo, CA USA - San Francisco Theological Seminary - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|left|The San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo]] From 1902 until the early 1940s, San Anselmo was part of Marin's [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad|Northwestern Pacific]] (in 1907, investors formed the NWP) Electric Train system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oberail.org/system/6.php |title=OB&E - Marin County |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416044625/http://oberail.org/system/6.php |archive-date=April 16, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/railways-railroad-fraternities-marin.htm |title=History of Labor Unions in Marin County - Railroad / Railway Untions |publisher=Mill-valley.freemasonry.biz |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717001611/http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/railways-railroad-fraternities-marin.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oberail.org/page/northwestern_pacific_railroad/ |title=OB&E | Northwestern Pacific Railroad |publisher=Oberail.org |date=October 1, 1939 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301185229/http://www.oberail.org/page/northwestern_pacific_railroad/ |archive-date=March 1, 2012 }}</ref> The Miracle Mile's and Center Boulevard's current "raised roadbed" were the railroad's right of way. Becoming unprofitable as a result of competition from the automobile and the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge, the railway was officially closed on March 1, 1941. The last of the major San Anselmo railroad station buildings was razed in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronological History |url=https://sananselmohistory.org/brief-history/chronological-history/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=San Anselmo Historical Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> The population of San Anselmo increased after the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]. Wealthy individuals displaced from San Francisco moved to their summer homes in San Anselmo, making them their permanent residences.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The 1913 electric train schedule shows a commute time from San Anselmo to the [[Sausalito]] Ferry to the Ferry Building in San Francisco of a mere 58 minutes, including the 32-minute ferry transit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oberail.org/system/images/6/NWP_Timetable_October_1_1939.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107010109/http://www.oberail.org/system/images/6/NWP_Timetable_October_1_1939.pdf |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> San Anselmo [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] on April 9, 1907. Its name came from the Punta de Quintin land grant, which marked the valley as the Canada del Anselmo, or Valley of Anselm, ''Anselm'' being the name of a Native American who was buried in the area. San Anselmo was a [[silent film]] capital in the early 1900s.
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