Rancho Cholame was a 26,622-acre (107.74 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County and San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Mauricio Gonzales.[1] The grant extended along the Cholame Valley, and encompassed present day Cholame.[2]
- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Cholame