Rancho Santa Ana del Chino

Rancho Santa Ana del Chino
San Bernardino, with Chino highlighted
Coordinates33°59′24″N 117°43′04″W / 33.99000°N 117.71778°W / 33.99000; -117.71778
Area22,193-acre
Official nameSite of the Rancho Chino Adobe of Isaac Williams
DesignatedFebruary 19, 1981
Reference no.942
Rancho Santa Ana del Chino is located in California
Rancho Santa Ana del Chino
Location of Rancho Santa Ana del Chino in California

Rancho Santa Ana del Chino was a 22,193-acre (89.81 km2) Mexican land grant in the Chino Hills and southwestern Pomona Valley, in present-day San Bernardino County, California.

It was granted to Antonio Maria Lugo in 1841 by Mexican Alta California Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado.[1] The name literally means "Santa Ana of the Fair Hair," though there have been statements that the ranch was named for a mission mayordomo, or foreman, who had curly hair, "chino" being also a Spanish word for "curly".

The rancho site included the present day cities of Chino and Chino Hills.[2]

  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. ^ Plat of the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino