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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.
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]
Santa Clarita (/ ˌ s æ n t ə k l ə ˈ r iː t ə /; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most populous in California, and the 103rd-most populous city in the United States.
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]
The Santa Clarita Valley is bordered by the Lake Piru area, including the community of Val Verde, Los Padres National Forest, and Castaic Lake to the northwest, Sierra Pelona Mountains and Angeles National Forest to the north and northeast, San Gabriel Mountains to the east and southeast, and Santa Susana Mountains to the south and southwest, and Ventura County and the Santa Clara River Valley ...
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.
The name El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos [13] refers to the encinos or evergreen Coast Live Oaks that studded the area. The expedition proceeded northward, camping at a site in the northern Valley before crossing over the mountains into the Santa Clarita Valley.