Santa Cruz County · Figueroa (1833–1835)
Rancho Aptos (1833)
Granted 1833 by Gov. Jose Figueroa to R. Castro. Present-day Santa Cruz County. 6,685 acres. U.S. land case SD 172: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1833 by Governor Jose Figueroa
- Grantee
- R. Castro
- Size
- 6,685 acres, 1 square leagues
- County
- Santa Cruz County, California
- Period
- Figueroa (1833–1835)
- U.S. land case
- SD 172, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Rafael Castro, Apl. 23, 1860, 6,685.91 acres, General Land Office patent no. 216
Open Aptos on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (2 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Castro family, one of the landholding dynasties of Mexican California.
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file SD 172, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Santa Cruz County
- Tres Ojos De Agua (1844)
- Tres Ojos De Agua (1844)
- Arroyo Del Rodeo (1834)
- La Carbonera (1839)
- Agua Puerca Y Las Trancas (1843)
- San Andres (1833)
- Bolsa Del Pajaro (1837)
- Refugio (1841)
- Los Corralitos (1844)
- Salsipuedes (1834)
- Villa de Branciforte (Santa Cruz) (1797)