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The springs were probably commonly called by the name Santa Monica by the turn of the 19th century. By the 1820s, the name Santa Monica was in use and the name's first official mention occurred in 1827 in the form of a grazing permit, [4] quickly followed by the grant filing for the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica in 1828. [6]
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County; Groves, Martha (2013-08-12). "Rancho Boca de Santa Monica's family connections: For decades, Ernest Marquez has been researching his family, the family's rancho — Rancho Boca de Santa Monica — and its centuries-long role in California". Archived from the original on 2013-08-13.
Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica was a 33,000-acre (130 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given by governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Francisco Sepúlveda II, a soldier and citizen of Los Angeles. [1] The rancho included what are now Santa Monica, Brentwood, Mandeville Canyon, and parts of Bel-Air and West ...
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.
Santa Monica (Spanish for 'Saint Monica'; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. [11]
Spanish Sahara; Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña; Santa Cruz Islands; Colony of Santiago; Spanish East Indies; Spanish Formosa; Spanish Guinea; Spanish Guyana; Spanish occupation of the Philippines; Spanish protectorate in Morocco; Spanish West Africa; Spanish West Indies; Spice Islands
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
The Santa Monica Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance was amended in 1987 and again in 1991, to create a more comprehensive preservation program. The ordinance established a seven-member appointed Landmarks Commission with the power to designate Structures of Merit and Landmarks, and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding ...