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