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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 ...
The El Sobrante Library of the Contra Costa County Library is located in El Sobrante. [17] [18] The library opened in 1961, and in 1975 it received an expansion that doubled the facility's size. [17] El Sobrante is in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. [19]
Contra Costa County (/ ˌ k ɒ n t r ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / ⓘ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,165,927. [6] The county seat is Martinez.
Contra Costa: El Pinole: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Ygnacio Martinez: 17,761 acres (7,188 ha) 205 ND Martinez, Pinole: Contra Costa: Cañada del Hambre y Las Bolsas: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Teodora Soto 13,354 acres (5,404 ha) 308 ND Lafayette, Moraga: Contra Costa: San Emidio: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Jose Antonio Dominguez 17,710 acres (7,167 ha) 344 SD Kern ...
Pages in category "Ranchos of Contra Costa County, California" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Location of Contra Costa County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Contra Costa County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
El Sobrante (Spanish for "the leftovers", "surplus", or "remaining land") is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. El Sobrante sits at an elevation of 1,283 feet (391 m). The 2010 United States census reported El Sobrante's population was 12,723.