"Corte Madera is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 9,100 at the 2000 census. In 1980 the town merged its police department with that of its neighbor Larkspur into the Twin Cities Police Authority.
In Spanish, Corte Madera means chopped wood. The area was famous for producing lumber out of redwood trees which went into the construction of the city of San Francisco. It's American pronunciation is KOR-tuh muh-DEH-ruh." (
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