Rancho San Joaquin

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Coordinates: 33°41′24″N 117°49′12″W / 33.690°N 117.820°W / 33.690; -117.820
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Rancho San Joaquin, the combined Rancho Cienega de las Ranas and Rancho Bolsa de San Joaquin, was a 48,803-acre (197.50 km2) Mexican land grant in the San Joaquin Hills, within present-day Orange County, California.

It was granted to José Antonio Andres Sepúlveda.[1] In Spanish Cienega de las Ranas means "Marsh of the Frogs" and Bolsa means "Pocket", and usually in reference to wetlands landforms.[2]

History

Rancho Cienega de las Ranas was granted to José Sepúlveda (1803–1875) by Mexican

Laguna Canyon Creek flowing to present-day Laguna Beach
.

Together these two ranchos formed Rancho San Joaquín.[3][4][5]

With the

Public Land Commission in 1852,[6][7] and the grant was patented to José Sepulveda in 1867.[8]

Following the drought in 1864, José Andrés Sepúlveda sold Rancho San Joaquin to Benjamin and Thomas Flint, Llewellyn Bixby and

Irvine Ranch
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hoffman, Ogden (1862). Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. San Francisco: Numa Hubert.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho San Joaquin
  3. ^ Diseño del Rancho San Joaquín
  4. ^ Orange County Spanish and Mexican Ranchos Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9
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  6. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 185 SD
  7. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  8. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 – 1886 Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

33°41′24″N 117°49′12″W / 33.690°N 117.820°W / 33.690; -117.820

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