Rancho Guajome

Rancho Guajome
LocationNear Vista, California
Coordinates33°15′36″N 117°16′12″W / 33.260°N 117.270°W / 33.260; -117.270
Designated1981[1]
Reference no.940

Rancho Guajome was a 2,219-acre (8.98 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Indian brothers Andrés and José Manuel.[2] The name comes from a Luiseño phrase involving the word "frog", likely wakhavumi "frog pond"[3] or waxáawu-may "little frog".[4] The grant was south of the San Luis Rey River and Rancho Monserate and north of present-day Vista.[5] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #940.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Rancho Guajome". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference journal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Fetzer, Leland. San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbird, 2005.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Guajome