Contra Costa County · Figueroa (1833–1835)
Rancho San Pablo (1835)
Granted 1823 by Gov. Jose Figueroa to Francisco Castro. Present-day Contra Costa County. 17,938 acres. U.S. land case ND 320: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1835 by Governor Figueroa
- Grantee
- Francisco Castro
- Size
- 17,938 acres, 4 square leagues
- County
- Contra Costa County, California
- Period
- Figueroa (1833–1835)
- U.S. land case
- ND 320, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Joaqu\u00edn Isidro Castro, Jan. 31, 1873, 17,938.59 acres, General Land Office patent no. 127
Open San Pablo on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (21 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 ND 320, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Contra Costa County
- Acalanes (1834)
- San Ramon {Norris} (1835)
- Los Medanos (1839)
- 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)