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Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito was a 2,230-acre (9.0 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to María Antonia Mesa.[1] The name means "ranch at the bend in San Francisquito Creek".
The grant was located south of San Francisquito Creek, and encompassed present day Menlo Park and downtown Palo Alto.[2][3]
- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ Diseño del Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito
- ^ Early Santa Clara Ranchos, Grants, Patents and Maps