McNears Beach is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Marin County

Marin County, California

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, California

California

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. It is located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north-northwest of Point San Pedro and 3.4 miles (5.4 km) northeast of San Rafael

San Rafael, California

San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...

, at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m). The community is in ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 94901 and area code 415

Area code 415

North American Area code 415 is the Californian telephone area code for San Francisco and its northern suburbs .-History:415 was one of the original three area codes in California, established in 1947...

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McNears Beach developed a fishing industry in the 1870s. The McNear post office operated from 1897 to 1910. The name comes from the McNear Family, former owners of the land.