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Rancho Valle de San Jose (Portilla)

1836 establishments in Alta CaliforniaCalifornia ranchosRanchos of San Diego County, California

Rancho Valle de San Jose was a 17,634-acre (71.36 km2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California given in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Silvestre de la Portilla. Located in north east of San Diego County, it was bounded on the north by Buena Vista Creek and Rancho San Jose del Valle. The western part of the grant is under the waters of Lake Henshaw formed in 1922 by a dam on the San Luis Rey River.

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