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
| Material for this site was found in the "Grundy County Remembers" book from the Grundy County Historical Society, 1977 which was located in the Waterloo Public Library. Transcribed on April 30, 1999 by TreeVines Genealogy for genealogical purposes only. |
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