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Rancho Quito

The 1841 Mexican land grant that took in parts of today’s Saratoga, Campbell and Cupertino.

Governor Juan Alvarado granted the 13,310-acre Rancho Quito to José Zenon Fernandez and José Noriega in 1841. Before its boundaries were fixed, several families occupied what they thought was public land east of Cupertino.

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Questions people ask

Was Cupertino part of a rancho?

Parts of it were in Rancho Quito, granted in 1841.

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