Apartments for Rent in Sunnyvale, CA (2,548 Rentals)

Sunnyvale, originally known as Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, was founded by Martin Murphy Jr. in 1850. He bought it as a piece of land for $12,500 and later named it Bay view. In the 1870s the county property tax laws, imports and soil degradation destroyed the wheat farming business and gave rise to fruit agriculture. The fruit orchards became so prevalent that in 1886, the Santa Clara County was called, Garden of the world. Later in 1901, the residents of Murphy adopted the name Sunnyvale after being banned from using the name Encinal or Murphy and in 1912 Sunnyvale was incorporated hence becoming an official city. The World War 11 was what brought tremendous change to the economy of the town, turning the fruit industry into a high-tech Industry, building marine steam engines, naval guns and rocket launchers to aid the war. After the war, the fruit orchards farms were cleared to build factories offices and homes, branding Sunnyvale as now headquarters to most high-tech companies. Sunnyvale�s one-hundredth anniversary was on August 25, 2012.