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Rancho Santa Gertrudes was a 21,298-acre (86.19 km 2) 1834 Mexican land grant, in present-day Los Angeles County, California, resulting from a partition of Rancho Los Nietos. A former site of Nacaugna , the rancho lands included the present-day cities of Downey , Santa Fe Springs and the northern part of Norwalk .
Rancho Santa Elena, see also Rancho Gauspita and Rancho Salinas Los Angeles Case no. 354, Southern District of California. Rancho Simi: 1795 Santiago Pico: Spain 14 (14 Spanish leagues) 271 José de la Guerra y Noriega 113,009.21 acres (45,733.20 ha) 1865-06-29 400 Indigenous, Chumash language; Chumash community of Šimiyi
Santa Clara: Potrero de Santa Clara: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: James Alexander Forbes: 1,939 acres (785 ha) 77 ND San Jose: Santa Clara: Tres Ojos de Agua: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Nicolas Dodero 176 acres (71 ha) 285 SD Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz: Los Corralitos: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Jose Amesti 15,440 acres (6,248 ha) 175 SD, 398 SD, 399 SD ...
Further back in history, California lands were organized into Spanish land grants or "Ranchos". In the case of Orange County, there is record of José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta (nephew) being granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence .
Nieto retired from duty and settled down on his rancho with his family. [citation needed] A small community called Los Nietos gradually built up around the Nietos adobe home, which was near the Indian village of Sejat on the San Jose Creek. Today, the area of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California is located near the original rancho home site. [2]
The original plat map trumpeted: “Rancho Mirage: A community of atmosphere and charm.”
Rancho El Rosario, Rancho Cueros de Venado and Rancho Tecate were each granted to citizens of San Diego in the 1820s or 1830s and lay wholly in what is now Baja California as was the Rancho San Antonio Abad, whose origin and title is more obscure. Their titles were never subjected to dispute in U.S. courts.
Don Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California, acquired Rancho Paso de Bartolo in 1847. His former estate on the rancho is preserved today as the Pío Pico State Historic Park . Rancho Paso de Bartolo also called Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo was a 10,075-acre (40.77 km 2 ) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California ...