Rancho Cucamonga

Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Cucamonga Marker at the Cucamonga Winery
LocationRancho Cucamonga, California
Coordinates34°06′24″N 117°36′39″W / 34.106683°N 117.6107°W / 34.106683; -117.6107
Area13,045 acres (52.79 km2)
Built1839
DesignatedOctober 10, 1951
Reference no.490
Rancho Cucamonga is located in California
Rancho Cucamonga
Location of Rancho Cucamonga in California

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]

  1. ^ Hoffman, Ogden (1862). Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. San Francisco: Numa Hubert.
  2. ^ "Diseño del Rancho Cucamonga". cdlib.org.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". sbcounty.maps.arcgis.com. San Bernardino County, California. Retrieved 2018-10-23. (see city boundaries vs. 8th/Hermosa north to mountains and west to San Antonio Creek)