Rancho Paguai, named by the Mexicans after a local
Kumeyaay
The Kumeyaay, also known as 'Iipai-Tiipai or by the historical Spanish name Diegueño, is a tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Americas who live at the northern border of Baja California in Mexico and the southern border of California in the Uni ...
village, was located in what is now the valley of
Poway Creek and
Poway Valley. It was a Mexican land grant rancho, granted by Governor
Juan Alvarado on September 7, 1839, and confirmed May 22, 1840, to
Rosario E. Aguilar a former Corporal of the
San Diego Mission guard and the Majordomo of the Mission in 1838. However, Aguilar did not occupy or improve it and so forfeited the grant. He, having received an appointment as
Juez de paz in 1841, afterward moved to
San Juan Capistrano
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Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded ...
and took up land there. Details on the extent of the rancho are unknown.
William Ellsworth Smythe, San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, Volume 1, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1913, p.401
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The city of Poway, California
Poway () is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Poway's rural roots influenced its motto "The City in the Country". The city had a population of 48,841 as of the 2020 United States census.
Poway is part of San Diego's East ...
, later developed on the land of this rancho that never came to fruition.
References
Paguai
Poway, California
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