Rancho El Sobrante
1841 establishments in Alta CaliforniaCalifornia ranchosEl Sobrante, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaOrinda, CaliforniaRanchos of Contra Costa County, California
Rancho El Sobrante was a 20,565-acre (83.22 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Juan Jose Castro and Victor Castro. The name refers to a "surplus" in Spanish—the grant's boundaries were determined by the boundaries of the surrounding grants: San Antonio, San Pablo, El Pinole, La Boca de la Cañada del Pinole, Acalanes, and La Laguna de los Palos Colorados. This grant included the area between present day El Sobrante and Orinda.
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N 37.93 ° | E -122.23 ° |