This little street traces part of the old dividing line between the Rancho Addition to San José to the south and several independently-owned ranches to the north. “Compromise” refers to those independent ranchers arriving at an agreement with the San Jose Land & Water Company, who owned this part of the rancho addition, as to where the line between the properties should lie. Although this happened c. 1891, the line was more or less in place by 1868, when the addition was surveyed, and perhaps even by 1840, when it was granted by Governor Alvarado. The rest of the old line continues east of this street as Foothill Boulevard/Route 66. Compromise Line Road, named by 1908, once dead-ended at Valley Center Avenue: this intersection marked the old northern tip of the Rancho Addition to San José. The road was extended as St. Vladimir Street in 1955.
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