Rancho San Geronimo (Cacho)

Woodacre Forest Knolls Rancho San Geronimo was a 8,701-acre (35.21 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Marin County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Rafael Cacho.

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.

[9] On December 28, 1849, Price paid Revere $7,500 to purchase half the land, with $2,500 up front (the deadline for the remaining expenses being January 1, 1851).

A demographic shift occurred a decade later, wherein "an exodus of progressive young people from San Francisco changed the character of the area once again.

"[5] Nevertheless, as of 2021, the San Geronimo Valley Historical Society claims the Rancho "has managed to maintain its rural character, despite many threats of major development.

[16] In 2020, the SGVHS began an oral history project, conducting monthly interviews with longtime Valley residents, supported by the Marin County Free Library.

1855 contract involving Joseph Warren Revere , including an illustration of the Rancho's land acreage.
Circa 1914 promotional art of Rancho San Geronimo by the Lagunitas Development Company. San Francisco and Mt. Tamalpais can be seen in the background.