Agnew's Village, California
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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]
Agnew donated four acres 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."[1] The railroad depot is still standing.
Agnew's land appears on 1977 maps, opposite Lick Mill, a paper mill operated by James Lick.[1] Agnew's Village was annexed into Santa Clara in the mid 1980s.[3]
The Agnew name lives on in Agnew Park in Santa Clara,[1] as well as Agnews Developmental Center, the western campus of which was located in Agnew's Village. The campus has since been turned into the Rivermark community and Sun Microsystems's headquarters (including the 14.5 acre Agnews Historic Park).[4]
External links
- Agnew Park, Santa Clara
- Agnew Historical Park, Santa Clara
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References
- ^ 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. ISBN 1884995144, ISBN 9781884995149, at p. 591, via Google Book Search
- ^ Decision to fix Santa Clara roads a close call, San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 2007
- ^ Agnew Historical Park, Santa Clara
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