What is in a Name?
Many
early settlers named their
farmsteads...much as their ancestors did in the native lands.
The ones found below are
from the Grundy County 1911 Atlas.
Black
Hawk Township:
Sunny View Farm
Sunny Crest
Black Hawk Valley Farm
Clay
Township:
Up-To-Date Farm
Modern Home Farm
Buena Vista
The Boulders
Catalpa Hill Farm
Palermo
Township
Flowing Well Stock Farm
Eureka Farm
Paradise Farm
Hawk Eye Stock Farm
Money Saver Farm
Bonnie Brae
Worth While Stock Farm
Colfax
Township
Rosedale Farm
Cherryton Farm
Suburban Farm
Shiloh Township
Twin Willow
Pine Grove Farm
Fairview Farm
Melrose
Township
White Cow Farm
Larch Wood Farm
Original Trail Farm
Pioneer Farm
German
Township
Blessed Home Farm
Valley View Farm
Evergreen Stock Farm
Pleasant
Valley Township
Paramount Stock Farm
Rock Poultry Farm
Home Sweet Home Farm
Old Home Farm
Beaver
Township
Bonnie View
Inland Farm
Ideal Stock Farm
West Side Farm
Fairfield
Township
New Home Farm
Cherry Lane Stock Farm
Fair Plains Farm
Grant
Township City
View Stock Farm
Empire Stock Farm
Interurban Farm
Orchard Heights
Lincoln
Township
Imported Percheron Stock Farm
Emden Farm
Willowdale Farm
Meadow Lane Farm
Felix
Township
Fertile Valley Stock and Grain Farm
Sunny Corner Stock and Dairy Farm
Broad Acres
Maplehurst
Washington
Township
Oak Grove Farm
Glendale Stock Farm
Shady Grove Willowdale
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