Contra Costa County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho El Sobrante (1841)
Granted 1841 by Gov. Alvarado to Juan José and Victor Castro. Present-day Contra Costa County. 19,982 acres. U.S. land case ND 403: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1841 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- Juan José and Victor Castro
- Size
- 19,982 acres
- County
- Contra Costa County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 403, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Juan José and Victor Castro, Aug. 11, 1883, 19,982.49 acres, General Land Office patent no. 550
Open El Sobrante on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
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 403, 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)
- La Boca De La Canada Del Pinole (1842)
- San Ramon (Carpentier) (1833)
- Monte Del Diablo (1836)
- Las Juntas (1844)