Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps

Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman.

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Los Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps

Dates: 1860-1897

Bulk dates: 1870-1894

Collection Number: mssLos Angeles County Assessor's Road Maps

Creator: Los Angeles County (Calif.). Office of Assessor.

Extent: 372 maps

Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, California 91108

Phone: (626) 405-2191

Email: reference@huntington.org

URL: http://www.huntington.org

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.

Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Administrative Information

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor, January 28, 2009.

Biography

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.

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.

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.).

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Indexing Terms

Personal Names

Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909.

Lecouvreur, Frank, 1829-1901.

Pico, Pio, 1801-1894.

Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871.

Corporate Names

Los Angeles County (Calif.). Office of the Assessor.

Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)

Pomona College (Pomona, Calif.)

Geographic Areas

Anaheim (Calif.)--Maps.

Azusa (Calif.)--Maps.

California--History--1850-1950.

Claremont (Calif.)--Maps.

Compton (Calif.)--Maps.

Downey (Calif.)--Maps.

Duarte (Calif.)--Maps.

El Monte (Calif.)--Maps.

Fullerton (Calif.)--Maps.

Gallatin (Calif.)--Maps.

Garvanza (Calif.)--Maps.

Glendale (Calif.)--Maps.

Glendora (Calif.)--Maps.

La Canada (Calif.)--Maps.

La Puente (Calif.)--Maps.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Maps.

Los Angeles River (Calif.)--Maps.

Los Feliz (Los Angeles County)--Maps.

Los Nietos (Calif.:Township)--Maps.

Mission Viejo (Calif.)--Maps.

Newhall (Calif.)--Maps.

Newport (Calif.)--Maps.

Newport Bay (Calif.)--Maps.

Norwalk (Calif.)--Maps.

Pasadena (Calif.)--Maps.

Piedmont (Calif.)--Maps.

Pomona (Calif.)--Maps.

Ramona (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Boca de la Playa (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Canada de los Alisos (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Cienega (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho La Ballona (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Los Alamitos (Long Beach, Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Los Cerritos (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Portero de Felipe Lugo (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Francisquito (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Joaquin (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Jose (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Pascual (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Pedro (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho San Rafael (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.)--Maps.

Rancho Tajauta--Maps.

Rancho Trabuco (Calif.)--Maps.

San Carlos Ranch (Calif.)--Maps.

San Dimas (Calif.)--Maps.

San Fernando (Calif.)--Maps.

San Gabriel River (Calif.)--Maps.

San Joaquin County (Calif.)--Maps.

San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--Maps.

San Juan Creek (Orange County, Calif.)--Maps.

Santa Ana River (Calif.)--Maps.

Santa Anita (Calif.)--Maps.

Santa Clara River (Calif.)--Maps.

Santa Monica (Calif.)--Maps.

Sierra Madre (Calif.)--Maps.

Tustin (Calif.)--Maps.

Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Maps.

Westminster (Calif.)--Maps.

Whittier (Calif.)--Maps.

Wilmington (Calif.)--Maps.

Genre

Historical maps--California--19th century.

Volume 1

Volume 1 Approximately 1875-1889.

LARM_Vol_01_01.01 Plat of Road Allowance between Sections land 12, 2 and 11, 3 and 10, T1S,R10W, SBM. 1888, Oct.