Alameda County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho Santa Rita (1839)
Granted 1839 by Gov. Alvarado to J. D. Pacheco. Present-day Alameda County. 8,894 acres. U.S. land case ND 155: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1839 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- J. D. Pacheco
- Size
- 8,894 acres
- County
- Alameda County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 155, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Jose Dolores Pacheco, Mar. 18, 1865, 8,894.01 acres, General Land Office patent no. 119
Open Santa Rita on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (11 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Pacheco 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 155, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Alameda County
- San Lorenzo (Soto) (1841)
- Agua Caliente (1839)
- San Leandro (1842)
- Potrero De Las Cerritos (1844)
- Las Positas (1839)
- San Lorenzo (Castro) (1841)
- Arroyo De La Alameda (1842)