Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps, 1860-1897, bulk 1870-1894

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Summary

Title:
Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps
Dates:
1860-1897, bulk 1870-1894
Creators:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Office of Assessor.
Abstract:
Collection of maps surveyed for the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office between 1860 and 1897. The maps primarily focus on excavations, improvements, and expansions of roads throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties. Most of the maps show boundary lines of the various Ranchos existent throughout these counties, and many also include houses, railroads, telegraph lines, and elements of the natural landscape such as canyons and rivers.
Extent:
372 maps
Language:
The records are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of maps surveyed for the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office between 1860 and 1897. The maps primarily focus on excavations, improvements, and expansions of roads throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties, with geographic coverage ranging from Malibu to Pomona and Newhall to San Juan Capistrano. Most of the maps show boundary lines of the various Ranchos existent throughout these counties, and many also include buildings, railroads, telegraph lines, land use, relief, and elements of the natural landscape such as canyons and rivers. Also included are maps showing the San Gabriel Mission, San Juan Capistrano Mission, and an elevation of the Los Angeles County court house. Some of the Ranchos depicted include San Antonio, Azusa, San Jose, Los Nogales, San Pedro, San Joaquin, San Rafael, Centinela, La Puente, Sausal Redondo, La Ballona, Rodeo-de-las-Aguas, Cienega, San Pasqual, and San Francisquito. Property shown includes that of Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin, Pio Pico, and Abel Stearns.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor, which has operated since 1850, locates taxable property in Los Angeles County, identifies land owners, and establishes a taxable value for all property. Twelve different individuals held the position of Assessor from 1860-1897, beginning with W.W. Maxy from 1859-1861 and ending with Theodore Summerland from 1894-1898.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor, January 28, 2009.
Arrangement:

The maps were originally housed in 16 bound volumes. The maps are currently arranged in the order in which they were bound, and where a volume number is missing and cannot be determined a letter has been substituted (Vol. A, B, C, etc.).

Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman.
Date Prepared:
© 2011
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Katrina Denman in 201104 and updated by Diann Benti in November 2016.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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