Agnew's Village, California (or Agnew, California) was a small unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 village in what is now Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...

. It was named for Abram Agnew, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer from Ohio who settled there around 1873. Agnew donated 4 acres (16,187.4 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." The railroad depot is still standing.

Agnew's land appears on 1877 maps, opposite Lick Mill

James Lick Mansion

The James Lick Mansion, in Santa Clara, California, is the estate of James Lick, who was the richest man in California at the time of his death in 1876. The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

, a paper mill operated by James Lick

James Lick

James Lick was an American carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California, and left the majority of his estate to social and scientific causes.-Early years:James Lick was born in Stumpstown Pennsylvania on August...

. Agnew's Village was annexed into Santa Clara in the mid 1980s.

The Agnew name lives on in Agnew Park in Santa Clara, as well as Agnews Developmental Center

Agnews Developmental Center

Agnews Developmental Center is a psychiatric and medical care facility, now located in San Jose, California.In 1885, the center, originally known as "The Great Asylum for the Insane", was established as a facility for the care of the mentally ill...

, the western campus of which was located in Agnew's Village. The campus has since been turned into the Rivermark

Rivermark of Santa Clara

Rivermark of Santa Clara is a master planned community in Santa Clara, California built on a parcel formerly owned by the State of California and previously used by Agnews Developmental Center. The community comprises retail space, parks, school, apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and houses...

 community and an R&D campus for Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

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 (formerly the headquarters for Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

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). The latter includes the 14.5 acres (58,679.5 m²) Agnews Historic Park.