Corte Madera is a town in Marin County, California. Corte Madera is located 3.25 miles south of San Rafael with a population of 9,253 at the 2010 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 the imperative command "Chop wood", as in "To chop the wood".