Agnew's Village, California
37°23′38″N 121°57′29″W / 37.394°N 121.958°W
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Agnew's Village (or Agnew) 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 (1.6 ha) of land for a South Pacific Coast 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 (5.9 ha) Agnews Historic Park.[5]
Notable people
- American baseball player and manager Marv Owen was born in Agnew in 1906.[6]
- Edward J. Livernash, a U.S. Representative from California, lived in Agnew following his retirement, and died there in 1938.[7]
References
- ^ a b William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (November 30, 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Residents Share Stories About Santa Clara Street, School & Park Names". City of Santa Clara. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Word Dancer Press. p. 591. ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9.
- ^ Patel, Julie (June 29, 2007). "Decision to fix Santa Clara roads a close call". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "City of Santa Clara, California : Parks". City of Santa Clara, California. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Marv Owen Major League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Livernash, Edward James". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. U.S. Congress. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
External links
- "Abram Agnew". The Valley of Heart's Delight. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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