Agnew's Village, California
Coordinates: 37°23′38″N 121°57′29″W / 37.394°N 121.958°W
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Agnew's Village, California (or Agnew, California) was a small unincorporated village in what is now Santa Clara, California. It was named for Abram Agnew, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer from Ohio who settled there around 1873.[1][2][3]
Agnew donated 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land for a South Pacific Coast Railroad railroad station and laid out the town, causing the station and town to be referred to as "Agnew's."[2] The railroad depot is still standing.
Agnew's land appears on 1877 maps, opposite Lick Mill, a paper mill operated by James Lick.[2] Agnew's Village was annexed into Santa Clara in the mid 1980s.[4]
The Agnew name lives on in Agnew Park in Santa Clara,[2] as well as Agnews Developmental Center[1], the western campus of which was located in Agnew's Village. The campus has since been turned into the Rivermark community and an R&D campus for Oracle Corporation (formerly the headquarters for Sun Microsystems). The latter includes the 14.5-acre (59,000 m2) Agnews Historic Park.[5]
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- ^ a b William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (30 November 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=CET4QodMZysC. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d Residents Share Stories About Santa Clara, City of Santa Clara
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Word Dancer Press. p. 591. ISBN 9781884995149. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC&pg=PA591&lpg=PA591&dq=agnew+village+santa+clara&source=web&ots=nGL0TXT7fM&sig=3odLymFc3UrWeP16GT23LYVWHP4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result.
- ^ Decision to fix Santa Clara roads a close call, San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 2007
- ^ "City of Santa Clara, California : Parks". City of Santa Clara, California. http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=1455#Agnews. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
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