Rancho Corral de Piedra
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Rancho Corral de Piedra
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Corral de Piedra panorama facing southeast
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 Rancho Corral de Piedra
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| Nearest city | San Luis Obispo |
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| Coordinates | 35°12′00″N 120°34′12″W / 35.200°N 120.570°WCoordinates: 35°12′00″N 120°34′12″W / 35.200°N 120.570°W |
| Area | 30,911-acre (125.09 km2) |
| Built | 1941–1846 |
| NRHP Reference # | 78000766 |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
Rancho Corral de Piedra was a 30,911-acre (125.09 km2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California consisting of two square leagues given in 1841 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José María Villavicencio, with an extension of five square leagues given in 1846, by Governor Pio Pico. The grant was located between present day San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande, and bounded on the south by Arroyo Grande Creek.
José María Teodoro Villavicencio (1800–1853), called for brevity Villa, was the second son of Rafael de Jesus Villavicencio (a soldier and member of the Portola expedition) and Maria Ildefonsa Berges. José María Villavicencio retired as captain of the militia at Monterey, and was administrator at Mission San Antonio and Mission San Fernando. Villavicencio married Rafaela Rodríguez the daughter of Sebastian Rodríguez grantee of Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro. His brother, Rafael Villavicencio was the grantee of Rancho San Geronimo.
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. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Corral de Piedra was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to José María Villavicencio in 1867.
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