Editing Tomales, California (section)

==History==
When Europeans first reached Tomales Bay, it was home to [[Coast Miwok]] people. Numerous authenticated Miwok villages are known from this area, including one (named ''Utumia'') sited near the present-day town of Tomales.<ref name="miwok">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/california/miwokindianhist.htm|publisher=Access Genealogy|title=Miwok Indian Tribe|access-date=2007-12-02}}</ref>

The "Tomalles" post office opened in 1854, and changed its spelling to "Tomales" before 1879.<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|714}}</ref>

Starting in the 1870s, Tomales was a stop on the [[North Pacific Coast Railroad]] connecting [[Cazadero, California|Cazadero]] to the [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] ferry.

Built near the [[San Andreas Fault]], Tomales was affected by the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]. One of the town's two cemeteries predates the earthquake, and the damage to the pre-1906 plots shows just how widespread the quake's effects were.