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Rancho Santa Margarita is a city in Orange County, California, United States. One of Orange County's youngest cities, Rancho Santa Margarita is a master-planned community. The population was 47,853 at the 2010 census, up from 47,214 at the 2000 census.
Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores was a 133,440-acre (540.0 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day northwestern San Diego County, California, given by Governor Juan Alvarado in 1841 to Andrés Pico and Pío Pico. [2] The grant was located along the Pacific coast, and encompassed present-day San Onofre State Beach and Camp Pendleton.
Rancho Santa Margarita was a 17,735-acre (71.77 km 2) Mexican land grant in the Santa Lucia Mountains, in present day San Luis Obispo County, central California. The rancho was granted by Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno Casarin in 1841 to Joaquín Estrada. [ 1 ]
In 1864, Forster purchased Pio Pico's 133,000-acre (540 km 2) Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores y San Onofre, which included Andrés’ prior interest. The rancho adjoined Forster's own 79,000-acre (320 km 2 ) Rancho Mision Vieja y Trabuco; Forster thereafter ruled over a vast 212,000-acre (860 km 2 ) empire, the largest single-owner ranch in ...
The former estancia formed part of an 1841 Mexican land grant for the "Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores", granted to the Pico brothers. They built a large traditional Spanish adobe on the estancia grounds, and operated a sheep ranch into the 1860s, when it failed due to drought.
Current Rancho Santa Margarita city council member Carol Gamble will plead guilty to falsifying records to put her name on the ballot in exchange for a plea deal.
The Army lost interest in the project, but in February 1942 it was announced that the 122,798 acres (497 km 2) of Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores would be transformed into the largest Marine Corps base in the country. [3] It was named for Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton who had long advocated the establishment of a West Coast training ...
The original plat map trumpeted: “Rancho Mirage: A community of atmosphere and charm.”