Rancho El Tejón

Rancho El Tejón was a 97,617-acre (395.04 km2) Mexican land grant in the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, in present-day Kern County, California. It was granted in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Antonio Aguirre and Ygnacio del Valle. The rancho is now a part of the 270,000 acres (1,093 km2) Tejon Ranch.

El Tejón means badger in Spanish.

When California was founded as a state in 1850, Rancho El Tejón served as a boundary marker for several counties, first anchoring the junction of Mariposa, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, changing in a few years to a boundary marker between Tulare, Kern and San Bernardino when counties were reworked. Some confusion was caused by the indistinct definition of the original Mexican land grant, and the lack of a modern survey to establish the exact boundary of Rancho El Tejón.

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