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The '''Ranchos''' or 'Alta California land grants' established land use patterns that are still recognizable in the California of today. The tradition of making land grants was continued by the early State of California. These are the "ranchos" of Californian toponymy. Under Spanish rule, individual land grants were scarce. The Atrisco Land Grant in New Mexico is one of the few surviving Mexican land grants. Three of the largest original ranchos first granted in 1784 by the Spanish King Carlos III were;

★ Rancho San Antonio, granted to José Antonio Yorba, from the Santa Ana River west to the Arroyo/Laguna Canyon on the east, north to the Brea/Santa Ana Canyon, and south to the Pacific Ocean.

★ Rancho San Pedro, granted to Juan Jose Dominguez, stretching from the Pacific Ocean west at present day Manhattan Beach, to the Los Angeles River on the east, and north from present day Rosecrans Blvd, south to the Pacific Ocean.

★ Rancho Los Nietos, granted to Manuel Nieto, stretching from the Los Angeles river on the west to the Santa Ana River on the east, from Whittier-Harbour blvds north, south to the Pacific Ocean.
In 1830, only fifty private ranches existed in all of Alta California.^[1] When California came under control of the Mexican government, the governors gained the power to grant state lands. With the new régime most lands were turned into large Mexican-owned ''rancherías''. The missions were secularized and their land and property also redistributed by local administrators. Few ranchos remained as they were, depending on the fortunes of the owners they were expanded, parceled out or even sold outright. Some of the more noted ranchos with their descendant communities are listed below.

Grant	Granted	Grantor	Grantee	Area(s)
Rancho San Antonio (Lugo grant)	1795		Francisco Salvador Lugo	Bell Gardens
Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant)	1820	Pablo Vicente de Solá	Luís María Peralta	Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro 181 km² (44,800 acres)
Rancho San Antonio (Yorba grant)	1810	Ferdinand VII of Spain	Antonio María Lugo	Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, East Los Angeles, Lynwood, Montebello, South Gate, Vernon 119 km² (29,513 acres)
Rancho San Rafael	1798	Charles IV of Spain	José María Verdugo	Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Glendale, Highland Park
Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos	1823		Francisco María Ruiz	Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego
Rancho San Miguel	1834		Dona Juana Sanchez de Pacheco	Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, Mt. Diablo State Park 73 km² (18,000 acres)
Rancho Los Alamitos	1834	José Figueroa	Juan José Nieto	of former Rancho Los Nietos The Story of Cerritos: A History in Progress. Marilyn Cenovich
Rancho Los Coyotes	1834	José Figueroa	Juan José Nieto	of former Rancho Los Nietos
Rancho Las Bolsas	1834	José Figueroa	An heir of Manuel Nieto	Part of former Rancho Los Nietos
Rancho Los Cerritos	1834	José Figueroa	An heir of Manuel Nieto	Part of former Rancho Los Nietos
Rancho Santa Gertrudes	1834	José Figueroa	An heir of Manuel Nieto	Part of former Rancho Los Nietos
Rancho Milpitas[2]	1835	José Castro	José María Alviso	Milpitas
Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos	1839		Jose Maria Hernandez and Sebastian Fabian Peralta	Los Gatos, Monte Sereno (27 km² [6,631 acres])
Rancho San Lorenzo	1841	Juan Alvarado	Guillermo Castro	Castro Valley, Hayward (108 km² [26,722 acres])
Rancho San Lorenzo Baja Rancho	1842	Juan Alvarado	Francisco Soto	San Lorenzo
Rancho Soscol	1844	Pío Pico	Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo	Petaluma, Vallejo
Rancho Rosa Castilla	c. 1850		Juan Batista Batz family	University Hills (Cal State LA)
Rancho La Cañada de San Bernardo	1842	Juan Alvarado	Don Jose Francisco Snook	Rancho Bernardo, San Diego
Rancho Rincon del Diablo	1843	Juan Alvarado		Escondido
Rancho Vallecitos de San Marcos	1840	Juan Alvarado	Jose María Alvarado	San Marcos
Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica			Francisco Sepulveda	Brentwood, Santa Monica 134 km² (33,000 acres)
Rancho la Ballona			Machado and Talamantes families	Inglewood, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica (Ocean Park Dist), Venice
Rancho Boca de Santa Monica[3]			Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes	Santa Monica 27 km² (6,656 acres)
Rancho de las Pulgas			Luis Antonio Argüello	San Carlos 142 km² (35,000 acres)
Rancho La Cañada				Eagle Rock, La Cañada Flintridge
Rancho Azusa de Duarte
Rancho Camulos
Rancho de Cucamonga[4]
Rancho Jurupa
Rancho La Brea
Laguna Seca Ranch
Rancho Petaluma Adobe
Rancho San Pedro
Rancho San Pascual				Pasadena
Rancho Santa Anita				Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, El Monte, Baldwin Park

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References

1. Fink, 1972, page 64: "Land grants were scarce; In 1830 only 50 private ranches were held in Alta California, of which 7 were in the Monterey region."
2. José Maria Alviso Adobe/Rancho Milpitas
3. Santa Monica Beach: A Collector's Pictorial History, , Ernest, Marquez, Angel City Press, 2004,
4. History of Rancho Cucamonga