Agnew's Village, California
- Agnew's Village, California
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."[ The railroad depot is still standing.]Agnew's land appears on 1977 maps, opposite Lick Mill, a paper mill operated by James Lick.[ Agnew's Village was annexed into Santa Clara in the mid 1980s. ["Decision to fix Santa Clara roads a close call," San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 2007] ]The Agnew name lives on in Agnew Park in Santa Clara,[ 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). [ [http://santaclaraca.gov/park_recreation/pr_agn_hist.html Agnew Historical Park] , Santa Clara] ]References
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* [http://santaclaraca.gov/park_recreation/pr_agnew.html Agnew Park] , Santa Clara
* [http://santaclaraca.gov/park_recreation/pr_agn_hist.html Agnew Historical Park] , Santa Clara
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