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Santa Clara (1939 population 6,303), Mountain View (1939 population 3,308) and other Santa Clara County cities also grew to many times their 1939 population size. However, vestiges of the old orchards remained, throughout the county, and as late as 1970 San Jose was still classified as partly rural by the United States Census , although the ...
Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.
San Jose: Santa Clara: Pastoria de las Borregas: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Francisco Estrada 9,066 acres (3,669 ha) 84 ND and 97 ND Sunnyvale, Mountain View: Santa Clara: San Vicente: 1842 Juan Alvarado: José de los Reyes Berreyesa: 4,438 acres (1,796 ha) 363 ND San Jose: Santa Clara: Las Uvas: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Lorenzo Pineda 11,080 acres (4,484 ...
Rancho Quito was a 13,310-acre (53.9 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Zenon Fernandez and José Noriega. [1] The grant included present-day Saratoga, Campbell, and Cupertino. [2] The eastern boundary was Arroyo San Tomas Aquino. [3] [4]
Rancho Los Tularcitos was a 4,394-acre (17.78 km 2) Spanish land concession in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1821 to José Loreto Higuera by the last Spanish governor of Alta California, Pablo Vicente de Solá. The land grant was confirmed by Mexican Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839. [1]
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (4 C, 2 P) Arizona (25 C, ... Colony of Santo Domingo ... Pages in category "Former Spanish colonies"
Before 1754, only the Spanish Crown could grant lands in Alta California. For several years, the Franciscan missionaries were the only beneficiaries of this policy. [2] Spanish laws allowed four square leagues of land (one league being approximately 4,428 acres (1,792 ha)) to be granted to newly-formed settlements, or pueblos.
Mission Santa Clara was 3 miles (5 km) from the original San Jose pueblo site in neighboring Santa Clara. Mission San José was not founded until 1797, about 20 miles (30 km) north of San Jose in what is now Fremont. The Los Angeles Pobladores ("villagers") is the name given to the 44 original Sonorans—22 adults and 22 children—who settled ...