Rancho San Miguel is a Neighborhood in
Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about east of the city of Oakland. With a total population of 70,127 per the 2020 census, Walnut Creek s ...
. It is named after the
Alta California Rancho Rancho Arroyo de Las Nueces y Bolbones
Rancho Arroyo de Las Nueces y Bolbones (also called "San Miguel") was a Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Juana Sanchez de Pacheco.
The grant was named after the pri ...
which was also referred to as Rancho San Miguel. Until the mid-1950s the area consisted largely of walnut orchards, until developer
Joseph Eichler
Joseph Leopold Eichler (June 25, 1900 – July 1, 1974) was a 20th-century post-war American real estate developer known for developing distinctive residential subdivisions of Mid-century modern style tract housing in California. He was one o ...
built a subdivision north of Shell Ridge and Ygnacio Valley Road.
External links
Rancho San Miguel Homeowner's AssociationRancho San Miguel Swim ClubDiseño del Rancho San Miguel
at The Bancroft Library
The Bancroft Library in the center of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is the university's primary special-collections library. It was acquired from its founder, Hubert Howe Bancroft, in 1905, with the proviso that it retai ...
California ranchos
Neighborhoods in Walnut Creek, California
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