Los Nietos Township, Los Angeles, CA
Notes:
LOS NIETOS TOWNSHIP (quote from History of Los Angeles
County above): "The township of Los Nietos was erected
out of El Monte township, November 4, 1857, and contained
(in whole or in part) the following ranchos: -- [table
listing ranchos Paso De Bartolo, Santa Gertrudes, Los
Coyotes, and Los Cerritos] [new paragraph] The township
has an extreme length from north-east to south-west of
about twenty-one miles, with an average width of say
eight miles from north-west to south-east. About one-half
of this area is in cultivation, the remainder being used
principally for sheep pasturage. With the exception of
the Pico hills on the north-east, and the Cerritos hills
on the south-west, nearly the whole township is valley
land, generally fit for small grains."
From the map in "Los Angeles in Civil War Days," it looks
like Los Nietos Twp. might more or less have extended
along the San Gabriel River. Paso de Bartolo was sort
of east-southeast of downtown L.A. and bisected by the
San Gabriel River. South of that was Santa Gertrudes,
and south of that was Los Cerritos and Los Coyotes
(Los Cerritos and Los Coyotes were next-door to each
other, sharing a commom north-south border, with that
border just west of the San Gabriel River. Los Cerritos
was directly west of Los Coyotes. Los Cerritos was a
few miles north of Signal Hill.)
The History of Los Angeles County book cited above
mentions these towns and/or settlements within the
Los Nietos Township: Downey City, Gallatin, College
Settlement, Old Los Nietos, Pico's Ranchito, and
Fulton Wells.
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