Rancho Agua Caliente (Alameda County)
Mexican land grant in California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Rancho Agua Caliente (Sonoma County).
Rancho Agua Caliente was a 9,564-acre (38.70 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California granted in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Antonio Suñol and confirmed in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Fulgencio Higuera.[1] The name means "warm water" and refers to the warm springs located in the foothills a short distance south of Mission San José. The grant is just south of present-day Fremont.[2][3]