Sepulveda

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Sepúlveda is a name of families of Spanish descent.

The Sepúlveda family was prominent in the early days of Los Angeles, California and Orange County, and many features of the area are named for those families.

• In 1827, Don Jose Dolores Sepulveda procured a parcel of the original, 1784, Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, from Manuel Dominguez, and named it Rancho de los Palos Verdes ("range of green trees"), which was used primarily as a cattle ranch. By 1882, ownership of the land had passed from the Sepulveda family.

• In 1837, Don Jose Andres Sepulveda was granted eighty square miles of land by the Mexican governor, Juan Bautista Alvarado, that encompased modern day Irvine, parts of Tustin, portions of Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa. This plot of land was known as Rancho San Joaquin. Irvine Park is located on the original rancho lands.

• Sepulveda, a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles now called North Hills.
• Sepulveda Boulevard, a street in Los Angeles listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest municipal street in the world, stretching from the north end of the San Fernando Valley to the south end of San Pedro, a distance of about 43 miles.
• Sepulveda Pass, an important pass over the Santa Monica Mountains connecting the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley. The San Diego Freeway (405) makes use of it; Sepulveda Boulevard runs parallel through the Pass.
• Sepulveda Dam, a flood control dam in the San Fernando Valley which regulates the Sepulveda Basin.

Individuals named Sepulveda include:

• Luis Sepúlveda, a Chilean writer.
• Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, a Spanish author of the 16th century who wrote in Latin.
• Daniel Sepulveda, an american football punter entering the 2007 NFL Draft.
• Gilberto Sepulveda (SEPI) International and Famed Comedian: Starring in Guam Standup at the Fishbowl Bar