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 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."[1] The railroad depot is still standing.
Agnew's land appears on 1877 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 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.[4]