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Rancho Buri Buri

1835 establishments in Alta California1835 in Alta CaliforniaBurlingame, CaliforniaCalifornia ranchosMillbrae, California
Ranchos of San Mateo County, CaliforniaSan Bruno, CaliforniaSouth San Francisco, California

Rancho Buri Buri (also called Sánchez Rancho) was a 14,639-acre (59.24 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California, given in 1835 by Governor José Castro to José Antonio Sánchez. The name derives from the Urebure village of the Ramaytush speaking Yelamu tribe of Ohlone people who were settled by the banks of San Bruno Creek. Rancho Buri Buri extended between the north line of South San Francisco and the middle of Burlingame, and from the San Francisco Bay to the top of the Peninsula ridge and included present-day Lomita Park, Millbrae, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and the northern part of Burlingame.

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