Rancho San Geronimo | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Rancho San Geronimo | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′36″N 122°40′48″W / 38.010°N 122.680°W | |
| Divided into | San Geronimo Lagunitas |
| Squatted by Rafael Cacho | 1839 |
| Officially seized by Rafael Cacho during the Mexican-American War | 1844 |
| Divided | 1914 |
Rancho San Geronimo was a 8,701-acre (35.21 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Marin County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Rafael Cacho.[1] The grant extended along San Geronimo Creek.[2][3][4]
After decades of sale between landowners, the land was purchased by the Lagunitas Development Company who divided the rural land into Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls, and Lagunitas, leading to its gradual suburbanization in the mid-20th century. [5]
Despite its development, the Rancho "has managed to maintain its rural character, despite many threats of major development."[5]
- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ Joslyn, Leila. "Map of Marin County Ranchos". Marin County Free Library — Anne T. Kent California Room. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho San Geronimo
- ^ "Original Mexican Land Grants in Marin County between 1834 and 1846". Archived from the original on November 22, 2003.
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