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2. Category : People from El Sobrante, Contra Costa County ...

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   Pages in category "People from El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

3. El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California - Wikipedia

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   El Sobrante was called "Oak Grove" by industrial concerns in 1887 when the California and Nevada Railroad put a spur into the area for the purpose of carrying lumber cut from the hills. [11] Then the name Sobrante was applied, with the addition of the Spanish definite article "El" coinciding with the opening of the first post office in 1941. [12]

4. Category : El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California

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   People from El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California (12 P) Pages in category "El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.

5. Rancho El Sobrante - Wikipedia

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   Rancho El Sobrante was a 20,565-acre (83.22 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Juan Jose Castro and Victor Castro. [1] The name refers to a "surplus" in Spanish—the grant's boundaries were determined by the boundaries of the surrounding grants: San Antonio, San ...

6. Category : People from Contra Costa County, California

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   People from Walnut Creek, California (1 C, 51 P) Pages in category "People from Contra Costa County, California" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.

7. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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   Contra Costa: El Sobrante: 1841 Juan Alvarado: Juan Jose Castro and Victor Castro: 20,565 acres (8,322 ha) 403 ND El Sobrante: Contra Costa: Azusa de Dalton: 1841 Juan Alvarado: Luis Arenas: 4,431 acres (1,793 ha) 121 SD Azusa: Los Angeles: Azusa de Duarte: 1841 Juan Alvarado: Andrés Duarte 6,596 acres (2,669 ha) 46 SD Duarte: Los Angeles ...