Rancho Cucamonga | |
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Location | Rancho Cucamonga, California |
Coordinates | 34°06′24″N 117°36′39″W / 34.106683°N 117.6107°W |
Area | 13,045 acres (52.79 km2) |
Built | 1839 |
Designated | October 10, 1951 |
Reference no. | 490 |
Rancho Cucamonga was a 13,045-acre (20.383 sq mi; 52.79 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado.[1] The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. It extended easterly from San Antonio Creek to what is now Hermosa Avenue, and from today's Eighth Street to the mountains.[2][3]