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History Looking for history of, for example, China Camp... Start research at your local public library. The Marin History Museum What is the origin of the name "Marin?" According to our sources, there was a Miwok Indian chief for whom the county is named. "...Chief Marin who was named by the Spaniards, led a band of resisters against the Spaniards and was formidable enough that the county was named in his honor...."