List of ranchos of California
[1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.Following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.From 1773 to 1836, the border between Alta California and Baja California was about 30 miles south of the Mexico–United States border drawn by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War in 1848.The result of the shifting borders is that some of the ranchos in this list, created by pre-1836 governors, are located partially or entirely in a 30-mile-wide sliver of the former Alta California that is now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California.Since those ranchos remained in Mexico, in today's Mexican state of Baja California, the grants were not subject to review by the Public Land Commission except for Rancho Tijuan that had claimed part of its lands were on the American side of the border.
California land grantsLas CaliforniasAlta CaliforniaUnited States of AmericaMexican–American WarTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoBaja CaliforniaMexico–United States borderSiete LeyesRancho TijuanSan PedroPedro FagesLos AngelesLos NietosManuel NietoLong BeachDowneyWhittierSan RafaelJosé María VerdugoGlendaleNuestra Señora del RefugioDiego de BoricaJosé Francisco OrtegaRefugio State BeachSanta BarbaraLos FelizSimi ValleyMoorparkVenturaBuena VistaMontereyLas PulgasJosé Dario ArgüelloLuis Antonio ArgüelloSan MateoBelmontSan CarlosMenlo ParkLas SalinasMarinaSalinasLas VirgenesJosé Joaquín de ArrillagaAgoura HillsEl ConejoPablo Vicente de SoláJosé de la Guerra y NoriegaNewbury ParkThousand OaksLake SherwoodWestlake VillageOak ParkLas AnimasFeliz BerenguerGilroySanta ClaraTopanga Malibu SequitMalibuLos Palos VerdesJosé Dolores SepúlvedaPalos VerdesSan YsidroSan AntonioSouth GateSantiago de Santa AnaJosé Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo PeraltaSanta AnaIrvineOrangeTemescalCoronaTemescal ValleyRiversideLuís María PeraltaAlamedaBerkeleyOaklandSan LeandroRincon de los BueyesCulver CityBaldwin HillsVega del Rio del PajaroWatsonvilleLos TularcitosMilpitasSan PabloLuís Antonio ArgüelloFrancisco María CastroRichmondContra CostaLas CienegasLlano de Buena VistaSpreckelsSanta Maria de Los PeñasquitosFrancisco María RuizPeñasquitosSan DiegoBolsa de San CayetanoYgnacio VallejoBolsa Nueva y Moro CojoCastrovilleEl RosarioJosé María de EcheandíaJosé Manuel MachadoPlayas de RosaritoMunicipio de Playas de RosaritoMexicoLa BreaJosé Antonio CarrilloHollywoodWest HollywoodSan Antonio AbadTijuanaMunicipio de TijuanaBaja California, MexicoJosé Antonio EstudilloChula VistaTía JuanaSantiago Argüello MoragaSan Ysidro, San DiegoTijuana River Valley, San DiegoTecateJuan BandiniTecate MunicipalityRosa Castilla