Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela

Survey of Centinela Creek in 1866 (Huntington Library SR_Map_0002.02)
Hand-drawn plat map, 1872

Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela was a 2,219-acre (8.98 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1837 to Ygnacio Machado.[1] The name means "Sentinel of the Waters" in Spanish, and refers to the artesian water in the area exemplified by Centinela Springs. Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela included parts of present-day Westchester and Inglewood.[2][3]

  1. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  2. ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela