Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela

Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela was a 2,219-acre (8.98 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1837 to Ygnacio Machado.

Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela included parts of present-day Westchester and Inglewood.

[4] With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.

The venture failed, but Freeman was central in another undertaking, that of the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, in 1887, to develop what would be known as the town of Inglewood.

[11] The local chapter of the Native Daughters of the Golden West placed a marker mentioning Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela at the Theme Building of the Los Angeles International Airport in 1962.

Survey of Centinela Creek in 1866 (Huntington Library SR_Map_0002.02)
Hand-drawn plat map, 1872
The Centinela-Inglewood Land Co. touted a "University of Southern California Daniel Freeman College of Applied Sciences" but it was never constructed [ 12 ]
USGS topographical map 1924 edition, including Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela
Historical marker placed at LAX Theme Building