The railroad then formed the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company to develop a planned community of country estates, and 6,200 acres (25 km 2) developed from the original Rancho San Dieguito land grant were renamed "Rancho Santa Fe" in 1922. In 1906, the Santa Fe Railway, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, purchased the entire land grant to plant a Blue gum eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus globulus) tree plantation for use as railroad ties, but the wood proved too soft to hold railroad spikes. In 1841, Rancho San Dieguito, as it was originally named, was a Mexican land grant of 8,824 acres (35.71 km 2) from Governor Pío Pico of Alta California to Juan Maria Osuna, the first alcalde (mayor) of the Pueblo of San Diego. Rancho Santa Fe borders the Fairbanks Ranch gated community to the southeast, Solana Beach to the southwest, and and Encinitas to the west. The CDP is primarily residential with a few shopping blocks, a middle and elementary school, and several restaurants. The population was 3,156 at the 2020 census. Rancho Santa Fe is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States, within the San Diego metropolitan area.
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