Jewell, California

Jewell
Unincorporated community
Jewell Location in California
Coordinates: 38°02′12″N 122°44′45″W / 38.03667°N 122.74583°W / 38.03667; -122.74583Coordinates: 38°02′12″N 122°44′45″W / 38.03667°N 122.74583°W / 38.03667; -122.74583
Country	United States
State	California
County	Marin County
Elevation^[1]	79 ft (24 m)

Jewell (formerly, Jewells) is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California.^[1] It is located 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Novato,^[2] at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m).^[1]

The name honors Omar Jewell, who ranched nearby in the 1860s.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jewell, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 647. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Marin County, California, United States

County seat: San Rafael

Cities and towns	Belvedere Corte Madera Fairfax Larkspur Mill Valley Novato Ross San Anselmo San Rafael Sausalito Tiburon

CDPs	Alto Black Point-Green Point Bolinas Dillon Beach Inverness Kentfield Lagunitas-Forest Knolls Lucas Valley-Marinwood Marin City Muir Beach Nicasio Point Reyes Station San Geronimo Santa Venetia Sleepy Hollow Stinson Beach Strawberry Tamalpais-Homestead Valley Tomales Woodacre

Unincorporated communities	Almonte Bel Marin Keys Belvedere Island Bivalve Black Point Blakes Landing Burdell California Park Cerro Chapman Cypress Grove Dewitt Dogtown El Campo Fallon Five Brooks Forest Knolls Gallinas Greenbrae Hamlet Harbor Point Homestead Valley Ignacio Inverness Park Jewell Kent Woodlands Lagunitas Lairds Landing Las Gallinas Los Ranchitos Lucas Valley Manzanita Marconi Marinwood Marshall McDonald McNears Beach Meadowsweet Millerton Murray Park Nick's Cove Ocean Roar Old Town Olema Paradise Cay Reed Reynolds Sacramento Landing Saint Vincent San Antonio San Quentin Seahaven Shafter Strawberry Manor Tamalpais Valley Tamalpais Valley Junction Tocaloma Vincent Landing Waldo

Ghost towns	Bothin Fairford Forbes Garcia Golf Irving Laverne Locust Machin Mailliard Miller Olumpali Point Reyes Taylorville

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