Edward Black asked about a list on townships in L.A. County of 1870. Source: Reproduction of "History of Los Angeles County California..." [long title], Thompson & West, publishers, Oakland, CA, 1880. First, another update on old business, SAN JOSE TOWNSHIP: Looks like San Jose Twp. might basically be the eastern San Gabriel Valley, east of El Monte. See map in "Los Angeles In Civil War Days, 1860-65," by John W. Robinson, Dawson's Bookshop (publisher), 1977 -- showing location of the ranchos La Puente and Rincon de la Brea and "San Jose Addition." Now for another toughie: 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. Maybe more later, maybe not. I am recovering from the flu, or trying to, and feel yucchy. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.