Contra Costa County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho Los Medanos (1839)
Granted 1839 by Gov. Alvarado to Jose Antonio Mesa et al. Present-day Contra Costa County. 8,858 acres. U.S. land case ND 364: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1839 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- Jose Antonio Mesa et al
- Size
- 8,858 acres, 2 square leagues
- County
- Contra Costa County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 364, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Jonathan D. Stevenson, Oct. 8, 1872, 8,858.83 acres
Open Los Medanos on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (15 held).
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file ND 364, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Contra Costa County
- Acalanes (1834)
- San Ramon {Norris} (1835)
- Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas (1838)
- Laguna Del Los Palos Colorados (1835)
- Los Meganos (1835)
- Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas (1838)
- Canada De Los Vaqueros (1844)
- San Ramon {Amador} (1834)
- Arroyo De Las Nueces Y Bolbones (1834)
- El Sobrante (1841)
- La Boca De La Canada Del Pinole (1842)
- San Ramon (Carpentier) (1833)
- Monte Del Diablo (1836)
- Las Juntas (1844)