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Rancho Acalanes was a 3,329-acre (13.47 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California. It was given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Candelario Valencia. [1] The name Acalanes seems to have come from Ahala-n , the name of a Costanoan native village in the area, or from the Saklan tribe , sometimes known as the ...
List of ranchos of California. These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to ...
277535, 2411591. Website. www .lovelafayette .org. Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) [7] is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer of the American Revolutionary War .
Rancho Boca de la Cañada del Pinole was a 13,316-acre (53.89 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to María Manuela Valencia. [1] The name means "Mouth of the Pinole Valley" in Spanish. The rancho located between present-day Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Orinda, and Lafayette.
Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846.
ZIP Code. 90039. Area codes. 213, 323. Atwater Village is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Los Angeles, California. Much of Atwater Village lies in the fertile Los Angeles River flood plain. Located in the northeast region of the city, Atwater borders Griffith Park and Silver Lake to the west, Glendale to the north and east and Glassell ...
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
Rancho Cañada de Jonive. Coordinates: 38.39°N 122.88°W. Rancho Cañada de Jonive was a 10,787-acre (43.65 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Sonoma County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to James Black. [1] The grant encompassed the town of Freestone.