Rancho Lompoc was a

Mexican land grant The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...

in present-day

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given in 1837 by Governor

Juan B. Alvarado Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) was a Californio politician that served as Governor of Alta California from 1837-42. Prior to his term as governor, Alvarado briefly led a movement for independen ...

to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo. The grant extended from present-day

Lompoc Lompoc ( ; Chumash: ''Lum Poc'') is a city in Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast, Lompoc has a population of 43,834 as of July 2021. Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called ...

west to the Pacific coast.

History

Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo were the sons of Domingo Antonio Ygnacio Carrillo (1791–1837) and Maria Concepcion Nicanor Pico (1797–1871). José Joaquin Carrillo (1801-1868) married Manuela Carrillo and served as Santa Barbara County judge from 1851 to 1853. The Carrillo brothers were also granted

Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma was a Mexican land grant in present-day northern Santa Barbara County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo. The grant included the original site of Mis ...

. With the

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of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848

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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Lompoc was filed with the

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in 1853, and the grant was patented to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo in 1873. By 1855, the California cattle industry began to decline. In 1860, the Carillos sold Rancho Lompoc to the More brothers. By 1860, the More brothers were the largest landowner in Santa Barbara County (which at the time included all of present-day Ventura County). In addition to Rancho Lompoc, the More brothers owned the adjacent Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma and

Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy was a Mexican land grant in the Santa Clara River Valley, in present-day Ventura County, California, and granted in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Manuel Jimeno Casarin. The rancho lands include the moder ...

, Santa Rosa Island and

Rancho Sespe Rancho Sespe was a Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Carlos Antonio Carrillo. The grant encompassed the Santa Clara River Valley between Piru Creek on the east and Santa Pa ...

. The droughts of the early 1860s forced the More brothers to dissolve their partnership and divide up their lands. Sheep barons from the midwest, Col. W.W. Hollister, W.H. Hollister and Joseph W. Cooper,Frank Sands, 1893 ,''A pastoral prince: the history and reminiscences of J.W. Cooper'', Santa Barbara along with Thomas Dibblee, purchased Rancho Lompoc and Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma in 1863. In 1874, the Hollister-Dibblee partners sold the Rancho Lompoc to the Lompoc Land Company which was formed to establish a

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colony.

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Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{Santa Ynez River

Lompoc, California Lom

History

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