CA Ranchos

Here is a listing of California Ranchos by counties. The counties are in alphabetical order. Scroll down the list below (it's very long) to find the county and information you want. The year reflects when the rancho was started.

COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
Alameda 1	San Antonio	1820	Luis Peralta	44,380 acres (all of the land from the bay to the Contra Costa Hills)	Spain	Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley, Albany,Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro
2	San Ramon	1834	Jose Amador	18,000 acres	Mexico	Dublin area and also in Contra Costa County
3	Agua Caliente	1839	Fulgencia Higuera	9,564 acres	Mexico	Warm Springs (City of Fremont) near Mission. Gov. Leland Stanford bought parts of it.
4	Los Positas	1839	Robert Livermore & Jose Noriega	8,880 acres	Mexico	Livermore area. Contained the first vineyards and olive orchards in this area.
5	Canada Vaqueros (the Vasco)	1846	Robert Livermore	17,760 acres	Mexico	Livermore but mostly in Contra Costa County
6	San Leandro	1839&1842	Jose Estudillo	6,830 acres	Mexico	San Leandro, San Lorenzo area
7	El Valle de San Jose	1839	Pico , Bernal & Sunol families	48,436 acres	Mexico	Pleasanton, Sunol
8	Potrero de los Cerritos	1844	Alviso & Pachero	10,610 acres	Mexico	Towns of Alvarado, Decoto, became Union City
9	San Lorenzo	1841	Guillermo Castro	26,723 acres	Mexico	Hayward, Castro Valley. Redwood School is on rancho land
10	Arroyo de la Alameda	1842	Jose Vallejo	17,705 acres	Mexico	Fremont (Niles area)
11	Santa Rita	1829	Jose Pacheco	8,800 acres	Mexico	Livermore, Dublin, Sunol
Alpine 12	See Yolo & Solano					No ranchos in this county
Amador 13	See Yolo & Solano					No ranchos
Butte 14	Chico	1844	Dickey & Farwell, later owned by John Bidwell.	Along river. Bidwell Park on rancho land	Mexico	Chico (rancho developed by Gen John Bidwell, a pioneer of Calif. who led the 1st wagon train across US)
15	Esquon	1844	Sam Neal & John Sutter	Butte Creek area, 7 miles south of Chico	Mexico	Chico Capt. John Fremont and American soldiers stopped here

Colusa 20	Larkin Grant (surveyed by John Bidwell)	1844	Children of Thomas Larkin, American counsel	First house in county built here, 1847	Mexico	West bank of Sacramento River in Princeton area and into Glenn County.
Contra Costa 21	San Pablo	1834	Francisco Castro	17,752 acres El Cerrito, Richmond and San Pablo areas	Mexico	Rancho adobe was replaced by El Cerrito Plaza shopping center
22	San Ramon	1833	B. Pacheco & M. Castro and others	26,628 acres	Mexico	San Ramon Valley, Dublin, Alamo, and surrounding areas.
23	El Sobrante de San Ramon	1844	Romero Bros.	22,000 acres	Mexico	Walnut Creek, Tice Valley, East of Alamo (Stone Ranch area).
24	Acalanes	1834	Candelario Valencia	Home was in location of La Fiesta shops.	Mexico	Lafayette, a grist mill was located where Park Theater now is. Happy Valley Rd. area.
25	Los Medanos (Meganos) ( named for sandy banks, and sand dunes along San Joaquin River.)	1834	Jose Noriega, later Dr. John Marsh	Carquinez Straits,	Mexico	Brentwood and Mt. Diablo areas. Marsh estate home is located on Marsh Creek Road.
26	El Pinole (John Swett, “father of CA Public schools” lived here.)	1829	Ignacio Martinez	John Muir National Historic Site	Mexico	Pinole and Martinez area of Susuin and San Pablo Bays. John Swett Home.
27	Monte del Diablo	1834	Salvio Pacheco	18,000	Mexico	Concord, Pacheco,
28	Laguna de los Palos Colorados (Lake of the Redwoods.)	1835	Joaquin Moraga & Juan Bernal	13,316	Mexico	Moraga Valley.
29	Arroyo de las Nueces Bolbones	1834	Juana Pacheco	17,782	Mexico	Western side of Mt. Daiblo, Walnut Creek
30	Las Juntas	1844	Willian Welch	13,292	Mexico	East side of Martinez

31	Boca de la Canada del Pinole	1878	Maria Valencia	13,316	Mexico	Western part of county
32	Canada de los Vaqueros	1847	3 Spanish brothers	Southeastern area	Mexico	Bought in 1847 by Robert Livermore
Del Norte 33	See Shasta County					No ranchos, see Shasta
El Dorado 34	See Yolo & Solano					No ranchos, see Yolo
Fresno 35	See Merced County					No ranchos, see Merced
Glenn 36	See Napa County					No ranchos, see Napa
Humboldt 37	See Shasta County					No ranchos, see Shasta
Imperial 38	See San Diego County					No ranchos, see San Diego
Inyo 39	See San Bernardino Co.					No ranchos, see San Bernardino
Kern 40	El Tejon	1843	Jose Aguirre	97,616 acres In far south of county	Mexico	Largest grant in San Joaquin Valley. Fort Tejon located here.
41	Los Alamos y Agua Caliente	1843 & 1846	Lopez, Jordan, Botello	South Kern and North L.A. County	Mexico	Bought by General Beale in 1865. On Ft. Tejon Ranch.
42	Castac ( now spelled Castaic)	1843	Jose Covarrubias	Along I-5 From Lebec to 2 miles beyond Grapevine	Mexico	Later owned by General Beale. Fort Tejon, a state park, was once part of this rancho.
43	De la Liebre	1846	Jose Flores		Mexico	Later owned by Gen Beale
44	San Emigdio (Emidio)	1842	Jose Dominguez	Grapevine area and mountains	Mexico	John C. Fremont bought half of this rancho
Kings 45	El Adobe de Los Robles		Daniel Rhodes	Highway 41 North of Lemoore	Mexico	First Orchard in valley. Dan Rhodes helped rescue the Donner Party that was trapped in the Sierra Snows in 1846-1847.
Lake 46	Lupyomi	1844	S & J Vallejo	16 Spanish leagues, or 71,000 acres	Mexico	Upper Lake, Bachelor, Scott, and Big valleys. Kelseyville
47	Callayomi	1844	Robert Ridley	13,314 acres	Mexico	Loconoma Valley
48	Guenoc	1845	George Rock (Roch)	26,628 acres	Mexico	Coyote Valley, along Putah Creek for several miles.
Lassen 49	See Shasta County
Los Angeles 50	San Rafael	1784	Jose Verdugo	36,000 acres (Several rancho homes are in Glendale)	Spain	One of the earliest Spanish ranchos. Glendale, Eagle Rock, and nearby cities are on the old rancho lands.

51	Los Nietos	1784	Manuel Nieto	Originally all the land from the mountains to the sea between the Santa Ana and San Gabriel Rivers.	Spain	This rancho was divided among Nieto’s five heirs into these ranchos: Los Alamitos, Los Cerritos, Santa Gertrudes, Los Coyotes, and Los Bolsas. Partly in Orange County.
52	Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos rancho adobe built in early 1800s still exists.)	1840 from Los Nietos rancho	Abel Stearns, husband of Arcadia Bandini	Originally part of Los Nietos Rancho	Spain & Mexico	Eastern Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Later owned by Bixby family. Bixby Ranch House is on 7th St. in Long Beach
53	Los Cerritos (La Casa de Rancho Los Cerritos is largest adobe home in So. Calif.)	1840s	Juan Temple, husband of Rafaela Cota	Originally part of Los Nietos rancho.	Spain & Mexico	North Long Beach, Cerritos areas.
54	Santa Gertrudes	1834	Antonio Nieto, Josefa Nieto	Originally part of Los Nietos rancho	Mexico	Downey, Santa Fe Springs,
55	San Pedro (Port of San Pedro is not on this rancho. See Los Palos Verdes.)	1822	Juan Dominguez	43,119 acres	Spain	Wilmington, Compton, Gardena, Redondo Beach, Torrance. The Battle of Dominguez rancho was fought here when American army tried to retake Los Angeles.
56	Los Palos Verdes	1827	Sepulveda Family	31,629 acres includes San Pedro Bay	Mexico	Palos Verdes Peninsula between Redondo Beach and including San Pedro.
57	El Encino (The Oaks) Developed by Don Vicente de la Osa. Other valley lands were part of San Fernando Mission.	1845	Ramon, Francisco & Roque (3 California Indians)	San Fernando Valley	Mexico	Open to public at old rancho headquarters, a state park in Encino. This is area where Portola expedition camped in 1769.
58	San Antonio	1810	Antonio Lugo	29,513 acres	Spain	Bell, Huntington Park,Vernon, South Gate, Lynwood and nearby.
59	La Brea (old adobe is at 6301 W. Third St., Los Angeles)	1828	Rocha & Dominquez	Wilshire district of Los Angeles	Mexico	Prehistoric animals found in tar pits. Tar used to make roofs
60	Rincon de los Bueyes	1821	Higuera & Lopez	Culver City & Palms	Spain	Rancho home at 2400 Shenandoah St, L.A.

COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
Los Angeles 61	Rincon de San Pasqual	1835	Juan Marine, husband of Eulalia de Guillen	Land granted by Mission San Gabriel to Eulalia for services	Mexico	South Pasadena, Pasadena, Altadena. Flores Adobe, an old rancho home, is on Foothill St., on Raymond Hill in South Pasadena.
62	Paso de Bartolo Viejo (Also known as El Ranchito)	1835	Juan Perez	8,891 acres in Whittier and Pico Rivera	Mexico	Once owned by the last Mexican governor of California, Pío Pico. His home is near Whittier.
63	San Jose de Arriba and San Jose de Abajo	1837	Palomares and Vejar	Divided into two ranchos	Spain	Pomona Valley. Many old adobes in area
64	La Puente (Granted to 2 Americans who came by wagon train and married Mexicans)	1845	William Workman & John Rowland (Americans)	Don Julian Workman home is a mile west of La Puente	Mexico	La Puente, Rowland, Industry, Turnbull Canyon area, Hacienda Heights, La Puente Hills
65	La Merced (also known as Misión Vieja )	1846	Doña Casilda	Later owned by Francisco Temple	Mexico	Montebello, South San Gabriel. Oil discovered in 1917 on rancho lands
66	Cienega	1843	Vincente Sanchez	Later owned by “Lucky” Baldwin.	Mexico	Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Angeles Mesa areas of Los Angeles.
67	Aguaje de Centinela (Water hole)	1844	Ignacio Machado, later owned by Sir RobertBurnett of Scotland	2,200 acres (Bought by Daniel Freeman for $140,000 in 1885)	Mexico	Inglewood — rancho house is at 7634 Midfield. Freeman developed rancho into the City of Inglewood in 1880s
68	Los Feliz	1843	Maria Verdugo	6,647 acres in Los Angeles	Mexico	Later owned by Griffith who gave 3000 acres to Los Angeles for Griffith Park
69	Santa Anita	1843	Hugo Reid Later owned by “Lucky” Baldwin	13,319 acres	Mexico	In Arcadia area. Baldwin’s home and gardens are now the L.A. arboretum.
70	San Francisco (Also Rancho Camulos in Ventura County)	1839	Antonio del Valle (His home is on Ventura portion)	48,612 acres	Mexico	Santa Clarita and Saugus area. Rancho Camulos in Ventura County was a part of this rancho.
71	San Isidro (Also known as “Blanco Adobe”)	1843	Michael White	77 acres of mission lands	Mexico	San Marino & San Gabriel areas

72	Isla Santa Catalina (Catalina Island, now a resort area, with some ranching still done)	1846	Thomas Robbins	45,820 acres- the entire island	Mexico	Later bought by James Lick for $25,253 and sold to Banning for $200,000. William Wrigley paid $12 million in 1919.
Madera 73	See Merced					No ranchos in this county
Marin 74	Olompali (Named for the local Indian tribe.) “Rancho del Indio”	1843	Camilo Ynitia, the son of the last chief of the local Indians.	8,876 acres	Mexico	Novato area. Part of the “Bear Flag Revolt” took place here.
75	Corte Madera del Presidio	1834	Juan Reed	7,845 acres	Mexico	Sausalito , Larkspur
76	Saucelito (now spelled Sausalito)	1838	Guillermo Antonio Richardson	19,572 acres	Mexico	Sausalito. (old home is still there)
77	Punta de los Reyes (Point Reyes)	1839	Joseph Snook and others	57,067 acres from Mt. Tamalpais to coast	Mexico	Inverness area. Eventually combined with Rancho Tomales.
78	Punta de Quentín	1840	Roger Cooper	8,878 acres	Mexico	Between Larkspur and San Anselmo, includes San Quentin Prison
79	San Pedro, Santa Margarita y Gallinas	1844	Timoteo Murphy	22,000 acres	Mexico	North of San Rafael
80	Cañada de Herrera (also known as La Providencia)	1839	Domingo Sais	6,658 acres	Mexico	San Anselmo Valley, Fairfax
81	San Jose	1840	Don Pacheco	6,659 acres	Mexico	San Pablo Bay between Novato and San Rafael
82	Nicasio (divided into several Ranchos over the years)	1835 Thru 1861	Several people over many years	56,000 acres	Mexico and U.S.	Granted to Indians and later to Americans. Tomales Bay area.
83	Soulajule (5 grants to various people)	1844	Ramon Mesa	5 parts totaling 10,889 acres	Mexico	Near Laguna San Antonio
84	Corte de Madera	1839	John Martin	8,879 acres	Mexico	East of Soulajule
85	De Novato	1839	Fernando Felis	8,870 acres	Mexico	Along San Pablo Bay, south of Black Point
86	Los Baulenes	1845	Gregorio Briones	8,911 acres	Mexico	Around Bolinas Bay
87	Tomales y Baulenes	1836	Rafael Garcia	9,468 acres	Mexico	Geronimo Creek area
88	San Geronimo	1844	Rafael Cacho		Mexico	Later owned by grandson of Paul Revere

Mariposa 89	See Merced					No ranchos in this county
Mendocino 90	Sanel Grant	1844	Fernando Felix (Feliz)	17,754 acres	Mexico	Along Russian River in Hopland area
91	Point Arena unnamed grant	1844	Rafael Garcia	unconfirmed		Point Arena along Garcia River
92	Yokaya (South Valley)	1845	CayetanoJuarez	49,000 acres		Valley of Russian RiverAnd Ukiah
Merced 93	San Luis Gonzaga	1843	Pacheco & Mejla		Mexico	Pacheco Pass, San Luis Dam area, Santa Nella

94	Sanjon de Santa Rita	1841	Francisco Soberanes	More than 11 leagues (49,000 acres)	Mexico	Santa Rita Park area. Eventually it became part of Miller & Lux Lands of over one million acres in Central Valley, including Firebaugh.
95	Panoche de San Juan y de los Carrisolitos	1844	Julian Ursua	20,000 acres	Mexico	Southwestern Merced County and Los Baños
96	Las Mariposas	1844	Juan Alvarado, later owned by John C. Fremont	44,380 acres from San Joaquin River to Sierra foothills	Mexico	Bought by John C. Fremont in 1847. Merced, Mariposa, Atwater and other nearby cities are on or near this rancho land
Modoc 97	See Shasta County					None in this county
Mono 98	See Madera County					None in this county
COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
Monterey 99	Bolsa de San Cayetano	1824	Ignacio Vallejo		Mexico	Pajaro Valley, North Monterey County
100	El Alisal & El Colegio (W. Hartnell started first school in county here in 1834, El Colegio de San Jose)	1834	Soberanes brothers	5,900 acres Salinas area	Mexico	Fremont camped here in 1846.
101	Sausal ( also known as Sherwood Ranch)	1834	Jose Castro	10,241 acres	Mexico	North half of Salinas and areas north of that.
102	Santa Rita & Bolsa de las Escaroinas	1837	Jose Espima	4,424 acres	Mexico	Santa Rita area
103	Bolsa Nueva y Moro Cojo	1825	Simeon Castro	35,500 acres	Mexico	Castroville and Monterey Bay area

104	La Natividad	1837	Butron & Alviso	8,641 acres	Mexico	Natividad, 6 miles northeast of Salinas
105	El Sur	1834	Juan Alvarado, also Juan Cooper	Big Sur area	Mexico	Seacoast south of Monterey from Little Sur River to Cooper Point.
106	Milipitas (Mission San Antonio is surrounded by this rancho and the present army base)	1838	Ygnacio Pastor, (an Indian from San Antonio Mission)	43,281 acres	Mexico	Mission San Antonio area in mountains, Jolon. Eventually owned by Wm. Hearst and later became an army base.
107	Los Ojitos	1842	Mariano Soberanes	8,900 acres	Mexico	South of Jolon area, including Lake San Antonio and river areas.
108	Salinas River Grants (includes Rancho National, south part of Salinas)	1822 to 1881	Many small Land grants	Spanish & Mexican grants	Mexico & U.S.	26 small land grants along the river, including south half of Salinas
109	San Lucas	1842	Rafael Estrada	8,875 acres, later owned by Trescony family	Mexico	In the area of Town of San Lucas
110	El Pescadero	1836	Fabian Barreto	2,667 acres	Mexico	Monterey Peninsula Carmel
111	Punta de Pinos (named for rare Monterey Cypress)	1833	Jose Armenta	4,438 acres	Mexico	Pacific Grove area & Cypress Point
112	Pozo de los Ositos	1839	Carlos Espinosa		Mexico	Southeast of Greenfield
113	Tularcitos	1834	Rafael Gomez	26,581 acres	Mexico	Upper Carmel River area
114	Buena Vista	1822	Jose Estrada & his father	8,876 acres	Mexico	A few miles south of Salinas
115	San Lorenzo	1841	Soberanos	21,884 acres	Mexico	King City area
116	San Bernabe & San Benito	1841	Soberanos	13,346 acres	Mexico	San Ardo area on Salinas River along Hwy 101.
117	Llano de Buena Vista A few miles south of Salinas next to Rancho Buena Vista	1823	Jose Estrada and family	8,446 acres	Mexico	Town of Spreckels is on this rancho in Highway 101 area.
118	Vega del Rio de Pajaro	1820	Antonio Castro	4,310 acres	Spain	Pajaro Valley area
Napa 119	Caymus (named for local Indian tribe)	1836	Calvert Yount	11,814 acres	Mexico	Napa & Yountville area of Napa Valley
120	De la Jota (Yount was an American from North Carolina)	1843	Calvert Yount	4,543 acres	Mexico	Angwin area. Pacific Union College is on this land.

124	Tulucay	1841	Cayetano Juarez		Mexico	East of Napa. Old adobe home is Soscol House
125	Entre Napa (8 parts to various persons)	1836	Nathan Coombs	80 acres in one grant	Mexico	West of Napa River. City of Napa
126	Rincon de los Carneros	1848	Nathan Coombs	2,558 acres	Mexico
127	Las Putas	1843	Jesus & Berryessa	35,516 acres	Mexico	Berryessa Valley, on Putah Creek
128	Catacula	1844	Joseph Chiles	8,877 acres	Mexico	Chiles Valley, St Helena, Rutherford
129	Locoallome	1841	Manuel Jimeno	8,872 acres 15,673 acres added in 1844	Mexico	Pope Valley & north of Sonoma
130	Chimiles	1846	Jose Berryessa	17,752 acres	Mexico	Northeast of Napa
Nevada 131	See Sacramento					None in this county
Orange 132	Santiago de Santa Ana “ along east bank of Santa Ana River from mountains to the sea”	1801	Juan Grijalva and Jose Yorba (later Juan Peralta)	62,000 acres	Spain	Santa Ana, Orange, parts of Tustin, Anaheim Hills,Villa Park, Olive, El Modeno, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach click here for more information
133 (Irvine Ranch)	Lomas de Santiago “toward the hills”	1846	Teodocio Yorba	47,227 acres	Mexico	Tustin , Orange and hills east of Orange and Tustin, parts of north Irvine.
134 (Irvine Ranch)	San Joaquin “toward the sea”	1837	Jose Sepulveda Later part of Irvine Ranch	48,803 acres	Mexico	Irvine, parts of Tustin, portions of Newport Beach & Laguna. Costa Mesa. Irvine Park is on rancho lands.
135	Canon de Santa Ana “Santa Ana Canyon”	1834	Bernardo Yorba, son of Jose Yorba	13,329 acres	Mexico	Yorba Linda, small part of eastern Brea.
136	Canada de los Alisos	1842	Jose Serrano	10,668 acres	Mexico	Lake Forest, Foothill Ranch, Portola Hills

137	Rincon de la Brea also known as Cañada de La Brea	1841	Gil Ybarra	4,452 acres, mostly in L. A. County	Mexico	Tonner Canyon area north of Brea and Brea Canyon, but not Brea.
138	La Habra	1839	Mariano Roldan, later Abel Stearns		Mexico	La Habra (central part)
139	San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana	1837	Juan Ontiveros	36,000 acres	Mexico	Brea, Fullerton (east of Euclid), Anaheim (central), Placentia.
140	Los Coyotes (Five heirs of Manuel Nieto divided the Los Nietos rancho)	1834	Juan Jose Nieto		Mexico	La Habra (southwestern), Anaheim, Buena Park, Stanton, Garden Grove (north part), Anaheim (western part), La Palma.
141	Los Alamitos (Five heirs of Manuel Nieto divided the Los Nietos rancho)	1834	Juan Jose Nieto	Bought by Abel Stearns in 1840 for $6,000	Mexico	Los Alamitos, Cypress, southwestern Garden Grove, Stanton, Seal Beach, Long Beach
142	Las Bolsas (Five heirs of Manuel Nieto divided the Los Nietos rancho)	1834	Catarina Ruiz, widow of Nieto		Mexico	Westminster, eastern Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley.
143	La Bolsa Chica	1841	Joaquin Ruiz		Mexico	Huntington Beach (western part),
144	Trabuco	1841	Santiago Arguello, who sold it to John Forster		Mexico	Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza (west), Dove Canyon, Mission Viejo (north).
145	Mission Viejo/La Paz (Also known as Mission Vieja on some maps. Also called Rancho La Paz.)	1845	Augustín Olvera, who sold it to John Forster a day later	46,432 acres	Mexico	Mission Viejo, Coto de Caza (east), Ortega Hwy area, inland San Clemente,
146	Niguel	1842	Juan Ávila	13,000 acres	Mexico	Laguna Niguel, portions of Laguna Beach, and Laguna Hills
147	Boca de la Playa	1845 to 1847	Emigdio Vejar	6,600 acres	Mexico	San Clemente north coastal area, San Juan Capistrano south area, Dana Point south part.
148 Small part in Orange County.	Santa Margarita y las Flores					See San Diego County
149	Los Desechos (leftovers)					San Clemente
150	Rios Tract (still owned by the Rios family)		Santiago Rios	7 acres		Smallest grant, all within San Juan Capistrano

155	San Jacinto Viejo (and other grants to this family)	1842	Jose Estudillo	35,000 acres (family had 110,000 acres total)	Mexico	San Jacinto. Old rancho homes are located here. Hemet
156	Little Temecula	1845	Pablo Apis	2,219 acres	Mexico	A few miles east of a Temecula in Rancho California area
157	Temecula	1844	Felix Valdez		Mexico	Older part of City of Temecula. Mission San Luis Rey owned this rancho at one time.
158	La Laguna	1844	Julian Manriquez	13,000 acres	Mexico	Lake Elsinore
159	La Sierra		Bernardo Yorba			Most of Corona is on this rancho
160	San Jacinto Nuevo Y Potrero	Before 1822			Spain	Moreno Valley and other areas nearby

Sacramento 161	Sutter Grant: New Helvetia (Switzerland) (A fort was built to protect the area from Indian raids.)	1841	John Sutter, a Swiss settler	48,818 acres	Mexico	Sacramento. A restored Sutter’s Fort is near Capitol Building. Sutter’s employee found Gold in 1848 at his mill in Coloma on the American River
162	Del Paso	1841	Eliab Grimes	44,000 acres	Mexico	Sacramento, near Gibson Ranch Park
163	Rio de los Americanos	1844	William Leidesdorff	35,500 acres	Mexico	Folsom area. Adobe home is near Rancho Cordova.
164	Omochumnes	1844	William Daylor		Mexico	In Consumnes River Valley region. South of Sacramento.

COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
San Benito 165	Pacheco Ranchos-San Justo & Ausaymas (and others)	1833 to 1838	Francisco Pacheco	More than 36,000 acres		In area near San Juan Bautista. Some portions near Hollister.
166	Llano de Tesquisquite	1824	Jose Maria Sanchez		Mexico	In area of San Felipe Lake.
167	Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe	1834	Francisco Negrete	48,000 acres	Mexico	Santa Ana & Quien Sabe Valleys, east of Paicines.
168	Cienega de los Paicines (also known as Macomver and Sykes Ranches.)	1842	Castro & Rodriguez	8,918 acres	Mexico	Paicines area along San Benito River. Almaden Vineyards area
169	Lomerias Muertas	1842	Jose Castro	6,657 acres	Mexico	Along Pajaro Riverin north county near Hwy 25 and 101
170	Rosa Morada	1836	Cruz Cervantes	7,424 acres	Mexico	Northeast of Hollister
San Bernardino 171	Mission Ranchos: Asistencia de San Bernardino & Rancho Guachama	1819	Part of San Gabriel Mission lands	Much of this land was granted to the Lugo family in 1842.	Spain & Mexico	Redlands and Barton Hill area. Old mission chapel has been restored. Lands were sold to Mormons and later to Dr. Benjamin Barton.
172	Mission ranchos: Agua Caliente	1819	Part of San Gabriel Mission lands		Spain & Mexico	City of San Bernardino. Mormons from Utah built a fort where the courthouse was built.
173	Mission ranchos: Jumuba	1819	Part of San Gabriel Mission lands		Spain & Mexico	Between the cities of Colton and Loma Linda. U.S. explorer Jed Smith camped here in 1827
174	Mission ranchos: Santa Ana del Chino ( A battle of the Mexican War took place on this rancho in 1847 between American and Californian civilians.)	1819	Part of San Gabriel Mission lands	Antonio Maria Lugo. Later owned by Don Julian Williams, his son-in-law	Spain & Mexico	Chino. Ranch once stood at Boys Republic. Eventually this rancho was owned by Richard Gird who built his home where the Los Serranos Country Club is now.
175	Cucamonga (John Rains, a later owner, built the first California winery here)	1839	Tiburcio Tapia	Early vineyards were planted by Tapia	Spain & Mexico	Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana areas
176	Rincon

San Diego 177	San Dieguito, later known as Santa Fe	1840 to 1845	Jose Maria Osuna	8,824 acres	Mexico	Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe areas of San Diego & parts of Encinitas
178	Los Vallecitos de San Marcos	1840	Jose Alvarado, later Lorenzo Soto	8,877 acres	Mexico	San Marcos
179	Buena Vista	1845	Felipe, an Indian	1,184 acres	Mexico	Surrounds the town of Vista
180 Originally a part of Mission San Luis Rey lands.	San Onofre y Santa Margarita Later Las Flores was added to this rancho	1841 to 1844	Pío and Andrés Pico	89,742 acres 133,440 acres total		U.S. Marine base, Camp Pendleton. Rancho house is home of General. One of oldest & largest ranchos in state.
181	Los Peñasquitos (The first rancho in San Diego County)	1823	Francisco Ruiz, later owned by Francisco Alvarado	8,486 acres	Mexico	Northeast San Diego City between Hwy 805 and I-15. Peñasquitos Canyon and Carmel Mountain regions
182 Originally a part of Mission San Luis Rey lands.	Guajome (The “big frog”)	1845	Andres & Jose Manuel later owned by Ysidora Bandini Couts	2,291 acres, between the towns of Vista and Bonsall	Mexico	San Luis Rey area of Oceanside. Highways 76 and S-14 (Santa Fe Avenue and Mission Blvd) areas. Guajome Regional Park is on this rancho land.
183	Monserrate		Ysidro Alvarado	13,322 acres	Mexico	Southeast of Fallbrook, near junction of Hwy 76 an I-15 highways, mostly a mobile home park now.
184	Pauma	1844	Jose Serrano	13,309 acres	Mexico	Southeast of Pala in Pauma Valley area
185	Agua Hedionda		Juan Marrón family, later Robert Kelly	13,311 acres along I-5, south of Oceanside		Borders the coast and includes Carlsbad. Also known as Kelly’s Ranch
186	Las Encinitas		Andrés Ybarra	4,434 acres		Encinitas
187	San Bernardo (two grants)	1842 to 1845	Capt. Joseph Snook, an English sailor	17,763 acres total	Mexico	North of Lake Hodges to San Peñasquitos Creek along Hwy 15. Rancho Bernardo is here today.
188	Santa Maria (or Valle de Pamo)	1844	Edward Stokes & Jose Ortega	17,708 acres	Mexico	Town of Ramona is in central portion of this rancho
189	Santa Ysabel ( An Asistencia, a branch of Mission San Diego was here)	1844	Edward Stokes & Jose Ortega	17,719 acres	Mexico	Between Ramona and Julian including the Santa Ysabel Valley

190	Guejito Y Canada de Paloma	1845	Jose Maria Orozco	13,000 acres	Mexico	Bear Valley region northeast of Escondido
191	De la Nación, (also known as the government ranch)	1845	John Forster, husband of Isadora Pico who was daughter of Pío Pico.	26,631 acres along both sides of Sweetwater River	Mexico	National City, most of Chula Vista, Paradise Hills, southern part of Coronado Peninsula
192	Jamul (Indian word: foamy water)	1831 & 1845	Pío Pico	8,926 acres	Mexico	Highway 94 area. Jamul, Indian Springs and south
193	Janal	1829	Jose Maria Estudillo	4,436 acres	Mexico	East of Chula Vista
194	Otay	1829	Jose Maria Estudillo	6,657 acres	Mexico	Southeast of Chula Vista, west of Otay Reservoir
195	San Felipe	1846	Felipe Castillo, an Indian	9,972 acres (later owned by John Forster)	Mexico	East of Julian and north of Highway 78, mostly in the San Felipe Valley.
196	El Rincón del Diablo (Country of the Devil, or Devil’s Corner)	1843	Juan Bautista Alvarado	12,653 acres	Mexico	Escondido
197	La Cañada de los Coches	1843	Doña Apolinara Lorenzana	28 acres, the smallest rancho in California	Mexico	Five miles northeast of El Cajon in Flinn Springs area.
198	El Cajon (“the box”) (originally the rich grazing lands of the San Diego Mission.)	1845	Maria Estudillo	48,800 acres Partly along San Diego River	Mexico	El Cajon, Santee, Bostonia, Lakeside, Flinn Springs
199	Cuyamaca (Indian word: rain above)	1845	Agustín Olvera	35,501 acres	Mexico	Now Cuyamaca Rancho State Park on Hwy 79
200	Cuca (Indian word: root or fruit)	1845	Maria Juana de Los Angles	2,145 acres	Mexico	South of Palomar Mountain near La Jolla Indian Reservation on Hwy 76
201	Agua Caliente, usually called Warner’s Ranch	1844	Jonathan Warner	44,323 acres	Mexico	San Jose Valley which was an important immigrant route. Warner Springs is there today.
202	Jamacha (Ha-ma-sho)	1831	Doña Apolinara Lorenzana		Mexico	Spring Valley, La Presa (South of Sweetwater River)

San Francisco 203 (originally named Yerba Buena)	Laguna de la Merced	1835	Jose Galinda	2,219 acres, partly in San Mateo County.	Mexico	Francisco de Haro bought it for 100 cows and $25 in goods in 1837. He became alcalde of San Francisco in 1838
204	Cañada de Guadalupe	1841	Jacob Primer Leese	8,876 acres, mostly in San Mateo County.	Mexico	Later owned by Henry Payson (5,473 acres) and William Pierce (942 acres).
San Joaquin 205	Del Campo de los Franceses (French Camp) Many French-Canadians trappers had camps along the San Joaquin River starting in 1832.)	1844	William Gulnac		Mexico	French Camp and Stockton. Later bought by Charles Weber for $60. In 1847, he started the town of Tuleberg (which became Stockton in 1849)
San Luis Obispo 206	San Miguel (San Miguel Mission lands, 1797)	1797	Mission lands		Spain	San Miguel Mission and nearby areas.
207	De Santa Ysabel (San Miguel Mission lands, 1797)	1844	Francisco Arce	17,752 acres South of San Miguel	Mexico	A small vineyard of Mission San Miguel was here in 1827.
208	Del Paso de Robles (San Miguel Mission lands, 1797)	1844	Narváez,	In 1857 bought by Blackburn Brothers & L.Godchaux	Mexico	Paso Robles area. Wheat was grown here by San Miguel Mission
209	De la Asunción (San Luis Obispo Mission lands, 1772)	1845	Pedro Estrada, later Martin Murphy	North of San Luis Obispo	Mexico	Adobe home was on Traffic Lane near Atascadero
210 Later owned by George Hearst, father of William R. Hearst	Piedra Blanca (Named for large white rocks along the coast)	1840	Jose Pico	North boundary is Carpojo Creek	Mexico	Town of San Simeon and miles of coastline. Hearst Castle is on this rancho land
211 Later owned by George Hearst, father of William R. Hearst	San Simeon (Sebastian’s Store has been in this village since the 1860’s)	1865	Jose Estrada	4,438 acres around San Simeon Creek	Mexico	South of town of San Simeon, at one time a whaling port.
212 Later owned by George Hearst, father of William R. Hearst	Santa Rosa	1865	Julian Estrada	13,314 acres	Mexico	Cambria and north along the coast.

213	Moro Y Cayucos	1842	Martin Olivera & Vicente Feliz		Mexico	Cayucos. Later owned by James McKinley, a Scottish sailor who sold small tracts of land for dairy farms
214	San Bernardo	1840	Vicente Canet (Cané)	4,438 acres	Mexico	Morro Bay area. Canet built a fine home two miles east of Morro Bay.
215	Cañada de Chorro	1845	Capt. John Wilson & James Scott (both from Scotland)	3,167 acres	Mexico	Southwest side of Santa Lucia Mountains
216	Cañada de los Oso (Originally granted to Padillo and Linares)	About 1847	Capt. John Wilson & James Scott (both from Scotland)	Named Osos (bears) because of the many bears found there by Portola in 1769	Mexico	In the valley between San Luis Obispo and Los Osos
217	San Miguelito	1839, 1842, 1846	Miguel Ávila	Miguel Ávila wqs alcalde of San Luis Obispo(1849)	Mexico	Ávila Beach area along the shoreline of San Luis Obispo Bay and the Valley of the San Luis Obispo River
218	Santa Manuela	1837	Francis Ziba Branch (American)	16,000 acres	Mexico	Arroyo Grande Valley Rancho home was near today’s Branch School.
219	Arroyo Grande (also called “Ranchita)	1842	Zefarino Carlón, father-in-law of Branch (above)	4,438 acres Later owned by F.Z. Branch	Mexico	North of Arroyo Grande on headwaters of creek. Town is on the border of Rancho Santa Manuela & Rancho Pismo.
220	Pismo (Indian word for “tar”)	1840	Jose Ortega	Later owned by F.Z. Branch & John Price	Mexico	Towns of Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach
221	Bolsa de Chamisal (enclosed space of chaparral, a dense brushland)	1837	Francisco Quijado,later owned by F.Z. Branch		Mexico
222	Huerhuero (War-o-war-o) (smelly water)	1842, 1846	Later owned by F.Z. Branch		Mexico	Near Creston
223	Nipomo	1837	William Dana	38,000 acres	Mexico	Stopping place for travelers on El Camino Real. Famous for hospitality.
224	El Paso	1844	Pedro Nevarez		Mexico
225	Atascadero, originally a Mission San Miguel farm	1842	Trifon Garcia		Mexico	Atascadero

226	Santa Margarita (San Luis Obispo Mission lands, 1772)		Joaquin Estrada, later Martin Murphy(1860)	17,000 acres	Mexico	Asistencia de Santa Margarita of Mission San Luis Obispo was here.
San Luis Obispo 227	Corral de Piedra	1841, 1846	Jose Villa- vicencio	31,000 acres	Mexico	Near Edna
228	San Gerónimo	1842	Jose Villa- vicencio		Mexico	Northwest of Cayucos
San Mateo 229	San Pedro	1839	Francisco Sanchez	8,926 acres	Mexico	Pedro Valley, Pacifica
230	El Corral de Tierra (portions known as Pilarcitos)	1839	Francisco Palomares	7,766 acres	Mexico	Princeton area
231	Miramontes Also known as San Benito	1841	Candelario Miramontes	6,657 acres	Mexico	South of Pacifica on Coast to Purisima Creek
232	Cañada Verde y Arroyo de la Purisima	1838	Jose Antonio Alviso	8,906 acres	Mexico	On coast in Lobitos area, between Purisima & Tunitas Creeks
233	San Gregorio	1839	Antonio Buelna	17,752 acres	Mexico	On coast in San Gregorio area.
234	El Pescadero (the fishery) or San Antonio	1833	Juan Gonzales	3,282 acres	Mexico	In town of Pescadero area on coast
235	Butano (Pebble Beach near Butano Creek is famous for agate, jasper and other gem stones)	1838	Ramona Sanchez, Later Loren Coburn and others	4,448 acres	Mexico	On the coast between Butano Creek and Arroyo Frijoles Creek, south of Pescadero
236	Punta de Año Nuevo (Dairies were established here and a whaling and lumber station as well.)	1839, 1842	Jose Bernal S. Castro	4,448 acres 17,753 acres	Mexico	On the coast between Bean Hollow and Gazos Creek, larger grant extended south beyond Año Nuevo State Reserve
237	Feliz	1844	Domingo Feliz	4,448 acres	Mexico	San Andreas Lake area, Millbrae and south to Hwy 82 area
238	Cañada de Raymundo (Many sawmills were on this rancho.)	1840	John Copinger	12,545 acres	Mexico	Woodside area, south to Wonderlich Co. Park & western part of Stanford campus.
239	Cañada de Madera	1833	Peralta & Martinez	22,980 acres	Mexico	Portola Valley, Los Trancos Woods and areas along Hwy 35

240	Cañada Guadelupe, la Visitación y Rodeo Viejo	1841	Jacob Leese	8,872 acres	Mexico	Parts of San Francisco and south to Brisbane along El Camino Real
241	Buriburi	1835	Jose Antonio Sanchez	14,639 acres	Mexico	From bay shore to Spring Valley lakes and includes So. San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae and north half of Burlingame.
242	San Mateo	1846	Cayetano Arenas	6,438 acres	Mexico	North San Mateo, Hillsborough, Burlingame
243	De las Pulgas (the fleas) (Argüello and his son served as governors of California and Baja California )	1800	Jose Darío Argüello (father of Doña Maria Concepción)	53,000 acres	Spain	From San Mateo Creek south to San Francisquito Creek and includes: South San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton, Menlo Park
Santa Barbara 244	El Refugio	1794	Jose Ortega, (A soldier with Portola expedition)	25 miles of coastline	Spain	Along Coast at Refugio Canyon and 25 miles west to Cojo Canyon
245	Tinaquaic (Fremont camped here in 1846)	1837 & 1842	William Foxen, an Englishman	8,876 acres	Mexico	Foxen Canyon, 25 mile southeast of Santa Maria in Sisquoc area
246	Santa Rosa	1839	Francisco Cota	17,000 acres	Mexico	West of Buellton. Old house is at Mail Road near Santo Road
247	Jesús Maria	1837	Lucas Antonio & Jose Olivera	Over 40,000 acres	Mexico	Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pt. Sal, Casmalia. Old adobe is on the base.
248	Guadalupe	1840	Diego Olivera & Teodoro Arrellanes	43,681 acres	Mexico	Town of Guadalupe, west of Santa Maria. Old Arrellanes home is at 10th St. and Highway 1.
249	Los Alamos de Santa Elena (The cottonwoods of St. Helen)	1839	Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Carrillo	48,803 acres	Mexico	Los Alamos Valley. West of town 3 miles is the old rancho home, a National Historic Landmark
250	Punta de Laguna	1844				Part of Los Alamos and east of Los Alamos
251	Tepusquet	1837			Mexico	Tepusquet Canyon Rd and Foxen Canyon Rd areas northeast of Sisquoc
252	Cuyama #1 (These two ranchos were merged and owned by widow of Latallade)	1843	Jose Rojo	22,193 acres	Mexico	Cuyama Valley along Highway 166
253	Cuyama #2 (see above)	1846	Cesario Latallade	48,827 acres	Mexico	Cuyama Valley along Highway 166

COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
Santa Barbara 254	Arroyo Hondo		Pedro & Jose Ortega
255	Tajiguas (“like a cherry tree”)		Ortega Family
256	Najogui, Nojoqui and /or La Vega	1842 1851	Dr. Ramon de la Cuesta	8,000 acres	Mexico	South of Buellton
257	Los Cocheros (hog farmers)		Daniel Hill
Santa Clara 258	Los Tularcitos (small cattail plants)	1821	Jose Higuera	4,394 acres	Spain	City of Milpitas, north of Calaveras Rd.
259	Rinconada de los Gatos	1840	Luis Peralta & Jose Hernandez	6,631 acres	Mexico	Los Gatos
260	San Vincente	1842	Jose Berryessa	4,438 acres	Mexico	New Almaden and Calero Reservoir area
261	Canada de los Capitancillos	1842	Justo Larios	3,360 acres	Mexico	San Jose, Almaden Quicksilver Park area,
262	Quito (or “Tito”)	1841	Jose Noriega & Jose Fernandez	13,309 acres	Mexico	Saratoga, Western San Jose, Cupertino
263	San Antonio (Mesa)	1839	Prado Mesa	898 acres	Mexico	Los Altos Hills
264	San Antonio (Dana)	1853	William Dana and others	3,542 acres	Mexico	Los Altos
265	La Purisima Concepcion	1840	Jose Gorgonio, later Juana Briones	4,439 acres	Mexico	Los Altos Hills
266	Santa Teresa		Joaquin Bernal	9,647 acres	Mexico	South of San Jose in Santa Teresa County Park area.
267	El Potrero de Santa Clara (later owned by Stockton)	1844	James Forbes	4,438 acres	Mexico	Parts of San Jose Airport and areas in San Jose south along Hwy 82.
268	Los Coches	1844	Roberto Sunol	2,219 acres	Mexico	San Jose City College area, south of Alameda
269	Las Animas (souls) (originally La Brea)	1802 1835	Jose Castro, Doña Josefa Mariano	Eventually 26,519 acres	Spain	South of Gilroy along Hwy 101. Mt. Madonna is on this rancho
270	San Francisco de Las llagas	1834	Carlos Castro	22,282 acres	Mexico	San Martin and both sides of Hwy 101

271	San Ysidro (Old Gilroy or San Ysidro)	1810	Ygnacio Ortega	4,460 acres, (Julius Martin bought 1220 acres in 1850)	Spain	Near Pacheco Pass Rd, Hwy 152. John and Clara Gilroy were heirs in 1833.
272	Milpitas (little cornfields)	1835	Jose Alviso	4,457 acres	Mexico	Central and southern parts of Milpitas. Old rancho home is near Calaveras and Piedmont Road in Milpitas.
273	Rincon de los Esteros	1838	Ygnacio Alviso	6,353 acres	Mexico	Alviso district, west side of Milpitas
274	Ulistac Indians (Marcelo, Cristoval, Pio) originally were given this land in 1845	1857 Confirmed to Hoppe	Jacob Hoppe, from Kentucky	2,217 acres	Mexico & U.S.	Alviso district, between Guadalupe River and Saratoga Creek
275	Posolmi, or Rancho Ynigo	1844	Chief Lope Iñigo	1,697 acres	Mexico	Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Mountain View
276	Pastoria de las Borregas (or, Refugio)	1842	Francisco Estrada, divided later between Castor and Martin Murphy	9,066 acres	Mexico	Sunnyvale area, south of Moffett Field. Murphy family members were vital in starting Santa Clara College.
277	Rincon de San Francisquito	1841	Robles	8,418 acres	Mexico	Southern Palo Alto and Northern Mountain View
278	Ojo de Agua de la Coche	1835	Hernandez, later Martin Murphy	8,927 acres	Mexico	Morgan Hill and East of Morgan Hill.
279	Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito….	1835	Rafael Soto, later Doña Maria Antonio Mesa	2,229 acres	Mexico	Northern Palo Alto between Stanford and the bay. (Embarcadero Rd. is in center of it.)
280	San Francisquito,	1837	Antonio Buelna, later Francisco Rodriguez	1,471 acres	Mexico	Stanford University area of Palo Alto. Leland Stanford bought it and built a mansion and later founded the university.
281	Cañada de Pala	1839	Jose Bernal	15,714 acres	Mexico	Grant County Park on Hwy 130
282	San Jose Pueblo Lands (confirmed by U.S. 1884)	1777	City of San Jose	55,891 acres	Spain	San Jose, (Original site was near Jefferson School)
283	Las Uvas	1860	Martin Murphy	11,079 acres	Mexico	West of Morgan Hill along Uvas Road

Santa Cruz 284	San Andreas	1833	Jose Castro Family	8,870 acres	Mexico	Monterey Bay Coast West of Watsonville
285	Aptos	1833	Rafael Castro	4,435 acres	Mexico	Soquel area; Borregos Creek; Seacliff Beach
286	Soquel (also) Soquel Augmentacion	1833	Martina Castro	1,668 acres 32,702 acres	Mexico Mexico	Soquel; Forest of Nisene Marks; North to Loma Prieta Rd in mountains.
287	de los Corralitos	1823, 1841, 1844	Jose Amesti	15,000 acres	Mexico	Corralitos, Brown’s Valley
288	Salsipuedes (Spanish: “get out if you can” = narrow winding canyons and trails)	1834 1844	Francisco de Haro (later to Manuel Jimeno)	31,201 acres	Mexico	Eastern Pajaro Valley and Northward to Santa Clara County line (Chittenden Pass Road)
289	Bolsa de Pajaro	1837	Sebastian Rodriguez		Mexico	Watsonville
290	Arroyo del Rodeo	1834	Francisco Rodriguez	1,109 acres	Mexico	Capitola and Soquel
291	San Agustin	1841	Juan Majors (from Tennessee)		Mexico	Hiram Scott and his son bought rancho in 1852 and developed Scotts Valley)
292	Carbonera	1838	Jose Guillermo Bocle (later known as William Thompson)	15,000 acres	Mexico	Bordering the San Lorenzo River north of Santa Cruz: Pasatiempo Golf Course, Paradise Masonic Park
293	Zayante	1834 1841	Joaquin Buelna, later Joseph Majors	Isaac Graham of Kentucky bought it in 1841	Mexico	Felton; Ben Lomond; Mt. Hermon.
294	Refugio	1839 1841	Maria Castro & 3 sisters; Jose Bolcoff	Bolcoff was a Russian who married Candida Castro	Mexico	Northwest of Santa Cruz between Laguna Creek and Meder Creek
295	Arroyo de la Laguna	1840	Gil Sanchez		Mexico	Between Laguna and San Vicente Creeks on coast north of Santa Cruz

COUNTY	RANCHO	Year	To	Acres or other remarks	By	Cities on or near area of this rancho or other remarks
Santa Cruz 296	Agua Puerca y las Trancas	1843	Rodriguez & Alviso		Mexico	Swanton area on north coast, south of Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
297	San Vicente	1846	Blas A. Escamilla		Mexico	Davenport area on the coast
298	Tres Ojos de Agua (refers to 3 springs)	1844	Nicolas Dodero	Less than 200 acres	Mexico	In northwestern part of city of Santa Cruz
Shasta 299	Buena Ventura	1844	Pierson Reading, an American	26,000 acres along Sacramento River	Mexico	This is the most northerly of all rancho land grants
Sierra 300	See Shasta
Siskiyou 301	See Shasta
Solano 302	Suisun	1845	Francisco Solano, a Suisun chief	17,754 acres	Mexico	Fairfield area. Later bought by GeneralVallejo and sold it to Archibald Ritchie
303	Tolenas	1839	Jose Armijo	13,315 acres	Mexico	Fairfield
304	Los Putos (Putah Indians)	1843	Juan Vaca & Juan Peña	(Peña home is now a museum)	Mexico	Vacaville
305 (part also in Yolo County)	Rio de las Putos (River of the Putahs or Patwin Indians)	1842	William Wolfskill	17,754 acres Winters and Davis area	Mexico	Davis area; 100 acres was given to University. Wolfskill was important in developing farming in this area.
306	Los Ulpinos	1844	John Bidwell	17,726 acres	Mexico	Eastern part of county along Sacramento River. The ranch was divided into 20 equal tracts.
Sonoma 307	Arroyo de San Antonio	1835	Don Hijar		Mexico
308	Roblar de Miseria	1845	Juan Padilla	16,887 acres	Mexico
309	Cabeza de Santa Rosa	1837	Francisca Benicia Carrillo, wife of Gen. Vallejo	42,888 acres	Mexico	City of Santa Rosa area. This land was given to Carrillo’s widowed mother, Maria Lopez de Carrillo

315	Estero Americano	1839	Edward McIntosh	8,849 acres	Mexico	South of Bodega Bay
316	Canada de Pogolimi	1844	James Dawson	8,781 acres	Mexico
317	Canada de Jonive	1846	James Black		Mexico	Sebastopol
318	Bodega	1844	Stephen Smith	35,487 acres	Mexico	On the coast between Estero Americano and the Russian River: Bodega bay and vicinity
319	Mallacomes or Moristul (other grants in area had similar names)	1843	Jose Berryessa	17,742 acres	Mexico	Knight’s Valley, northeast of Calistoga
Stanislaus 320	See Santa Clara
Sutter 321	See Colusa
Tehama 322	De la Barranca Colorada (Spanish: Red Bluff)	1844	Josiah Belden		Mexico	Later bought by William Ide who led the Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma. The “Ide Adobe” here was probably not his home.
323	De los Saúcos (Spanish: elder trees)	1841	Robert Thomes, from Maine	Now known as the Elder Creek Ranch	Mexico	Town of Tehama and vicinity; south of Elder Creek.
324	De los Flores (Spanish: flowers)	1844	William Chard, from New York	A popular stop on the trail north	Mexico	North of Tehama on the Sacramento River across from next rancho

Trinity 328	See Shasta
Tulare 329	See Kern
Tuolumne 330	See Merced
Ventura 331	San Miguel	1841	Raimundo Olivas	4,693 acres	Mexico	Santa Clara River area; Ventura. Olivas Adobe is in a Ventura Park
332	Camulos (well preserved home of Del Valle family still exists)	1833 &1839	Antonio del Valle	30 miles east of Ventura near Santa Paula	Mexico	Piru area. Travelers always stopped here. Part of book Ramona written here.
333	San Jose de Simi (Chumash word: Chimi = village)	1795 & 1825	Pico Family	113,009 acres, one of largest in state	Spain	Simi Valley
Yolo 334	Rio de Jesus Maria	1843	Thomas Hardy	26,637 acres	Mexico	On Cache Creek reaching to Sacramento River
335	Cañada de Capay	1843	Francisco Berryessa	More than 4,600 acres	Mexico	On Cache Creek
336	Gordon’s Ranch (also called Quesesoni)	1842	William Gordon, from Ohio	8,870 acres	Mexico	Woodland area

337	Nueva Flandria	1844	John Schwartz, from Holland	13,290 acres	Mexico	West bank of Sacramento River; Broderick and West Sacramento
338 (part also in Solano County)	Rio de las Putos (River of the Putahs or Patwin Indians)	1842	William Wolfskill	17,754 acres Winters and Davis area	Mexico	Davis area; 100 acres was given to University. Wolfskill was important in developing farming in this area.
Yuba 339	Johnson’s Rancho (bought by William Johnson & Sebastian Kayser in 1844 for $150.)	1844	Pablo Gutierrez	22,175 acres	Mexico	Wheatland. This was the first settlement reached by the California Trail
340	Many other ranches were developed during the American period and are not “ranchos” granted by Spain or Mexico.

16	Aguas Frias, later known as the Pratt Grant	1844	Salvador Osio	Mexico	South of Durham
17	Bosquejo	1844	Peter Lassen, a Danish pioneer	Mexico	Between Chico and Los Molinos; Red Bluff (in Tehama County)
18	Llano Seco, later known as the Parrott Grant	1845	Sebastian Kayser	Mexico	Near Chico and Durham
Calaveras 19	See San Joaquin & Shasta counties				No early ranchos in this county

121	Carne Humana (Human flesh)	1843	Edward Bale	8,876 acres	Mexico	St. Helena and Calistoga areas. Grist Mill State Park is on rancho land.
122	Yajome (later became Longwood Ranch)	1841 1852	Damaso Rodriguez, Salvador Vallejo	6,652 acres	Mexico	North of Napa. Indian remains from 2000 B.C. have been found here.
123	Napa	1838	Don Vallejo	3,000 acres	Mexico	Napa

Placer 151	See Sacramento
Plumas 152	See Shasta
Riverside 153	El Rincon	1839	Juan Bandini	4,438 acres	Mexico	Corona, Norco, Prado Dam area
154	Jurupa	1838	Juan Bandini	32,000 acres 20 miles on both sides of Santa Ana River	Mexico	Part of Riverside is on eastern portion of this rancho land. A portion later became the Rubidoux ranch

325	De los Berrendos (Spanish: antelopes)	1847	Job Dye, from Kentucky	Known for his hospitality	Mexico	North of Tehama on the Sacramento River across from previous rancho
326	Rio de los Molinos (Spanish: River of the Mills)	1844	Albert Toomes, from Missouri	A partner in business with Robert Thomes	Mexico	Along Sacramento River near Town of Tehama.
327	Bosquejo (Spanish: Wooded Place)	1843	Peter Lassen, from Denmark	26,000 acres	Mexico	Later known as the Vina Ranch. Lassen was a guide on the wagon trails and pioneered the trail named for him through the northern Sierras.