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Linn County Century & Heritage Farms

The Century Farm Program recognized and honors those individuals who have owned the farm land for 100 years or more.
The Heritage Farm Program recognized the ownership and operation of a farm (at least 40 acres) by members of the same family for one hundred and fifty years or more.
(Source: Iowa Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship)

1839 -- 1924

Last Name	First Name	City	Year	Award Year	Century/Heritage
Andrews	Roy W.	Palo	1839	1976	Century
Lewis	C. Ira	Shellsburg	1839	1976	Century
Lewis	Dr. A.N. & Loren	Shellsburg	1839	1976	Century
Lewis	Thomas Orland	Shellsburg	1839	1976	Century
Oliphant	Vern C.	Toddville	1839	1976	Century
Dennis	Robert & Eloise	Shellsburg	1842	2009	Heritage
Oxley	Myron B. & John R.	Marion	1842	1976	Century
Burge	Vernon	Mount Vernon	1843	1997	Century
Burge	Vernon E.	Mt. Vernon	1843	1976	Century
Railsback	Gary L. & Helen	Palo	1843	1976	Century
Strawn	John T. Jr. & Nathan H.	Palo	1843	1976	Century
Railsback Estate	Cecil & Daisy D.	Palo	1844	1976	Century
Walton	Donald D.	Mt. Vernon	1844	1977	Century
Bakker	Stacey & Jeremy	Fairfax	1845	2022	Century
Bakker	Stacey & Jeremy	Fairfax	1845	2022	Heritage
Callahan	Mrs. Leone Maxine	Marion	1846	1976	Century
Goudy	Jeraldine	Mount Vernon	1846	2011	Heritage
Walton	Donald	Mt. Vernon	1846	2007	Heritage
Borghart	Katie E.	Cedar Rapids	1847	1976	Century
Hanna	Mr. & Mrs. John Sherman	Mt. Vernon	1847	1976	Century
Squires	Roy & Leola	Toddville	1848	1976	Century
Yeisley	Arther J.	Mt. Vernon	1848	1976	Century
Tull	Terry & Sandra	Center Point	1850	2012	Heritage
Yates	Ben B.	Palo	1851	1976	Century
Yates	Richard	Palo	1851	2006	Heritage
Emerson	Stonerook F. & Helen F.	Lisbon	1852	1977	Century
Pearson	Geoerge J. Jr. & Warren T.	Sprinville	1852	1976	Century
Carter	Jeanne	Marion	1853	2007	Heritage
Drips	Ruth Elaine	Martelle	1853	2011	Heritage
Ring	Wilbur W.	Center Point	1853	1976	Century
Smith	Margaret Ann & Jean Louise	Ely	1853	1976	Century
Anderson	Elizabeth	Anamosa	1854	1976	Century
Bowersox	Mr. & Mrs. James W.	Cedar Rapids	1854	1976	Century
Flaherty	Alvina	Fairfax	1854	1976	Century
Hartley	Inez	Cedar Rapids	1854	2009	Heritage
Jones	Anna Mary	Alburnett	1854	1976	Century
Klinsky	Glenn W. & Darlene Y.	Ely	1854	1976	Century
Klinsky Farms, Ltd.		Ely	1854	2014	Heritage
Kramer	JoAnn Flaherty	Fairfax	1854	2014	Heritage
Stastny	Lloyd	Ely	1854	1976	Century
Withers	Dorothy	Cedar Rapids	1854	1991	Century
Young	Donald A.	Palo	1854	1976	Century
Danly	Robert & Dixie	Springville	1855	2005	Century
Fernow	Lloyd Wayne	Marion	1855	1976	Century
Fernow Family Trust	Lloyd W. & Claire L.	Marion	1855	2014	Heritage
Hart	Robert William	Anamosa	1855	1976	Century
Heins	Ronald F. & Susan D.	Center Point	1855	2022	Century
Heins	Ronald F. & Susan D.	Center Point	1855	2022	Heritage
Mills	Darrell F. & Richard P.	Walker	1855	1979	Century
Newman	Ray & Lora	Central City	1855	1976	Century
Stark	Theodore W. & Carrol A.	Cedar Rapids	1855	2007	Heritage
Dixon	John A. & Erma L.	Marion	1856	1976	Century
Falcon	Gene Anton	Springville	1856	1976	Century
Kula	Anna J.	Monticello	1856	1976	Century
Maier	Lester	Alburnett	1856	1976	Century
Minor	Florence	Cedar Rapids	1856	1976	Century
O'Connell	George, Josephine & Helen	Cedar Rapids	1856	1984	Century
Drips	George L.	Martelle	1857	1976	Century
Newman	Z. Eileen	Toddville	1857	1997	Century
Goudy	William F. & Jeraldine O.	Mt. Vernon	1858	1976	Century
Henderson	Robert J.	Coggon	1859	1976	Century
McCright	Charles A.	Walker	1861	1977	Century
Stark	Herbert F.	Cedar Rapids	1861	1992	Century
Melton	Loyal F.	Palo	1862	1976	Century
Motycka	George	Ely	1862	1976	Century
Quaas	Paul W. & Jean K.	Alburnett	1862	1976	Century
Gibney	Mayme E.	Palo	1864	1976	Century
Hatcher Rev. Trust	Jon D. & Cecilia M.	Anamosa	1864	2019	Heritage
McLaughlin	Glen J.	Anamosa	1864	1976	Century
Stamy	Elmer O.	Marion	1864	1976	Century
Swab	George L.	Ely	1864	1976	Century
Vaughn Farm Co.	Kenneth Jordon	Marion	1864	1976	Century
Etzel	Harold	Alburnett	1865	1976	Century
Fernow	Mary Alice	Marion	1865	1976	Century
Happel	Martin G. & Dorothy	Cedar Rapids	1865	1981	Century
Henderson	Joseph T. & Sandra M.	Coggon	1865	2015	Century
Henderson	Joseph T. & Sandra M.	Coggon	1865	2015	Heritage
Henderson	Robert J. & Darlene L.	Coggon	1865	2015	Heritage
Nelson	Howard W. & Georgene F.	Walker	1865	1976	Century
Poduska	Harold D.	Ely	1865	1976	Century
Scott	Lyle E.	Central City	1865	1977	Century
Scott	Margaret	Central City	1865	2017	Heritage
Snyder	William D. & Jean A.	Center Point	1865	1976	Century
Stamy	David Alan	Robins	1865	2015	Heritage
Steinbrech	Daryl	Cedar Rapids	1865	2015	Heritage
Steinbrech	Eileen McNamara	Cedar Rapids	1865	1976	Century
Trpkosh	Rachel Elizabeth Clark	Ely	1865	1976	Century
Wright	Kent & Betty	Central City	1865	2022	Heritage
Wright	Kent & Betty	Central City	1865	2022	Century
Beatty	Bernice McAllister	Palo	1866	1976	Century
Crowley	Harold & LaVerne	Coggon	1866	1976	Century
Crowley Farms, Inc.		Coggon	1866	2016	Heritage
Druschel Trust	Larry D. & Linda E.	Central City	1866	2022	Heritage
Dudley	Richard L. and Barbara J.	Central City	1866	2022	Heritage
Gillmore	George Ivan	Marion	1866	1977	Century
Hampton	Roy	Springville	1866	1976	Century
Neustel	David & Susan	Central City	1866	2022	Heritage
Neustel	Nancy Susan Carpenter	Central City	1866	1976	Century
Somers	Dale V. & Mary L.	Central City	1866	1976	Century
Beach	Robert W. & Virginia Munier	Marion	1867	1977	Century
Ellis	Don G. and Mary Lou	Center Point	1867	2002	Century
Haehlen Revocable Trust	Bernice	Alburnett	1867	2020	Heritage
Haehlen Revocable Trust	Bernice	Alburnett	1867	2015	Century
Henderson	Norman E.	Central City	1867	1976	Century
Morrison	Dorothy Michel	Marion	1867	1976	Century
Nielsen	Joan & Ronald	Center Point	1867	1992	Century
Selzer Farm	Elmer D. Snell	Fairfax	1867	1976	Century
Voss	Daniel J. & Susan L.	Cedar Rapids	1867	2017	Heritage
Voss	Elaine	Cedar Rapids	1867	2006	Century
Wagor	Richard L.	Central City	1867	1976	Century
Zabokrtsky	Dennis & Deb	Center Point	1867	2019	Heritage
Bowdish	Paul S. & Pauline C.	Central City	1868	1976	Century
Cerveny	Steven	Fairfax	1868	1976	Century
Floyd	Deane E.	Center Point	1868	1976	Century
Gilchrist	Charles V.	Walker	1868	1986	Century
Kirk	Vernon M.	Center Point	1868	1976	Century
O'Keefe Estate	Thomas & George	Cedar Rapids	1868	1976	Century
Page	Josephine M.	Central City	1868	2019	Heritage
Skalsky	Ernest & Elizabeth	Ely	1868	1976	Century
Snell- et. al.	Elmer	Fairfax	1868	1998	Century
Stewart	Delbert & Anita	Springville	1868	1979	Century
Stewart	Matthew & Teresa	Springville	1868	2018	Heritage
Worley	Page Holliday	Ely	1868	1977	Century
Adams	Frances E.	Marion	1869	1985	Century
Frederick	Leo E.	Lisbon	1869	1976	Century
McElliott	Diane	Cedar Rapids	1869	2004	Century
Webster	Betty J.	Walker	1869	1976	Century
Webster	Elmer & Neva	Walker	1869	1976	Century
Webster Farm		Walker	1869	2021	Century
Webster Farm		Walker	1869	2021	Heritage
Witousek	Joseph Alfred	Cedar Rapids	1869	1984	Century
Witousek Hartley	Inez Elizabeth	Cedar Rapids	1869	1984	Century
Baty	Norman E.	Walker	1870	1984	Century
Clark	Howard W.	Martelle	1870	1976	Century
Mackey	Richard and Barbara	Ely	1870	2002	Century
Mackey	Robert E. & Laura Marie	Ely	1870	1977	Century
Mather	Nellie E.	Palo	1870	1977	Century
Wright	Ralph Oral	Alburnett	1870	1982	Century
Ewait	J. Paul	Springville	1872	1976	Century
Cook Estate	John R.	Center Point	1873	1976	Century
Phelps	Glenn E. & Claire A.	Palo	1873	1976	Century
Schmickle	Kenneth R.	Alburnett	1873	1976	Century
Serbousek	Irvin and Willa	Walker	1873	2023	Heritage
Wachal	Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F.	Walker	1873	1976	Century
Ament	Patricia Ann	Palo	1874	2024	Heritage
Balderston	Randal W.	Central City	1874	1977	Century
Booth Family		Cedar Rapids	1874	1976	Century
C & Q Farms		Palo	1874	2024	Heritage
Clark	George F.	Palo	1874	1976	Century
Henderson	James W.	Coggon	1874	1976	Century
Neal	Gordon M.	Mt. Vernon	1874	1976	Century
B.W.C. Farms, Inc.		Marion	1875	1976	Century
Brown	Lloyd H.	Central City	1875	1988	Century
Fuessley	Albert L.	Center Point	1875	1983	Century
Hocken	Delmer H. & Mary A.	Walker	1875	1988	Century
Horak	Leo H.	Walker	1875	1979	Century
Kilberger	Marving Alvin	Swisher	1875	1976	Century
Michel Estate	Carl	Marion	1875	1976	Century
Prairie Farm L.P.	Horak	Cedar Rapids	1875	2002	Century
Rigel	Leo	Cedar Rapids	1875	1976	Century
Rozinek	Louis & Josephine J.	Ely	1875	1976	Century
Strother	Richard	Mount Vernon	1875	2011	Century
Wigger	Irma Ross	Marion	1875	1977	Century
Bathcheler	Robert	Central City	1876	1976	Century
Bickel	Fay D.	Anamosa	1876	1979	Century
Bruns	Kim	Marion	1876	2009	Century
Nederhiser	Donald & Gail	Ely	1876	1976	Century
Quaas	Roy & P. Genevieve	Alburnett	1876	1976	Century
Becicka	Edwin W. & Helen M.	Mt. Vernon	1877	1978	Century
Jandik	Frances M.	Cedar Rapids	1877	1995	Century
Little	Susie	Marion	1877	1978	Century
Bach	Clair	Center Point	1878	1978	Century
Edaburn	Orval & Ruth	Toddville	1878	1978	Century
Lenicek	Edna	Fairfax	1878	1979	Century
McLeod	Geneva Sigmund & Angus	Central City	1878	1983	Century
Pisarik	Helen F.	Ely	1878	1981	Century
Burnside	Howard J.	Central City	1879	1979	Century
Blinks	Edwin D.	Marion	1880	1995	Century
Hynek	Phillip D.	Swisher	1880	1994	Century
Page	Denver Glen	Central City	1880	2007	Century
Bontty	Edmund	Cedar Rapids	1881	1982	Century
Kilberger	Gary J., Allen E. & Eldon C.	Fairfax	1881	1984	Century
Rohlena	Emil	Fairfax	1881	1983	Century
Scott	E. Wayne	Marion	1881	1989	Century
Bellon	Howard & Leona	Fairfax	1882	1984	Century
Feyerabend	Lumir & Dorothy	Fairfax	1882	1991	Century
Hand	Philip L. & Berniece	Center Point	1882	1986	Century
Jansa	Leonard M.	Cedar Rapids	1882	1983	Century
Nederhiser	Anna	Ely	1882	1992	Century
Tichy	Rich & Pam	Ely	1882	2012	Century
West	Stephen E.	Mount Vernon	1882	1986	Century
Zabokrtsky	Richard	Center Point	1882	1984	Century
Grimm-Rhomberg	Hazel	Palo	1883	2002	Century
Horn	Harold O.	Mt. Vernon	1883	1983	Century
Kocher	Charles R. & Doris A.	Palo	1883	1984	Century
Phelps	Sailor	Lisborn	1883	1985	Century
Saha	Glenn	Palo	1883	1983	Century
Simon	Walter & Twila	Walker	1883	1983	Century
Stepanek	Eldon Leonard	Fairfax	1883	2013	Century
Strother	Louis G. and Jacqueline	Martelle	1883	2003	Century
Lewis	Barbara E.	Central City	1884	1996	Century
Bice	Mrs. Martin I. (Virginia Lee)	Walker	1885	1985	Century
Vannote	Glenn & Lillian	Palo	1885	1985	Century
Jilovec	Joseph W.	Mount Vernon	1886	1990	Century
Lillie	Willis & Bev	Marion	1886	1986	Century
Ashlock	Lyle	Center Point	1887	2004	Century
Buelow	Raymond A. and Mae M.	Palo	1887	2002	Century
Garnant	Raymond H.	Cedar Rapids	1887	1992	Century
Keiper	Raymond & Betty	Palo	1887	1988	Century
Rogers	Max	Fairfax	1887	1987	Century
Trefz	Dick A. & Patricia K.	Coggon	1887	1988	Century
Zinkula	Robert & Mary	Mount Vernon	1887	1987	Century
Flitsch	Eleanor Louise	Alburnett	1888	2014	Century
Palmer	Willard & Carolyn F. (Neal)	Mt. Vernon	1889	1998	Century
Roberts	John W.	Marion	1889	1995	Century
Boone	Gerald M.	Coggon	1890	1991	Century
Evans	Dorothy Zvacek Evans	Cedar Rapids	1890	1990	Century
McCormac	Marguerite & Irene Simmen	Center Point	1890	1992	Century
McEvoy	William E. & Doris M.	Central City	1890	1990	Century
Plattenberger	Roy E.	Lisbon	1890	1996	Century
Vavra	Charles and Irene	Ely	1890	2010	Century
Arnold	Milton & Onalee	Marion	1891	1991	Century
Patton	Merle & Dorothy	Coggon	1891	1992	Century
Cherry	Raymond F.	Walker	1892	1998	Century
Hopkins	Mrs. Leslie	Springville	1892	1992	Century
Jandik	Robert E. & Frances M.	Swisher	1892	1992	Century
Povlick	Larry & Catherine	Cedar Rapids	1892	2011	Century
Simanek	Arthur C. & Dorothy M.	Walker	1892	1993	Century
Stallman	William C. & James E.	Fairfax	1892	1995	Century
Ash	Doug and Ann Dvorak	Mt. Vernon	1894	2003	Century
Martin Farm	Clara	Fairfax	1894	2016	Century
Mollenhauer	Paul W.	Alburnett	1894	1994	Century
Stephenson	Elizabeth L.	Center Point	1894	1994	Century
Stephenson	Warren P. & Mary L.	Center Point	1894	1994	Century
Barta	Robert F.	Cedar Rapids	1895	1995	Century
Clair Robertson	Neal Robertson &	Marion	1895	1995	Century
Haehlen Revocable Trust	Bernice	Marion	1895	2020	Century
Keiper	Louis & Germaine	Palo	1895	1995	Century
Kinley	Thomas, Nancy	Coggon	1895	1999	Century
Vislisel	James Robert and Melanii Reii	Cedar Rapids	1895	1999	Century
Young	Mildred Faye & Melvin	Palo	1895	2007	Century
Cerveny	Joseph Frank	Cedar Rapids	1896	1996	Century
Barnts	John C.	Central City	1897	2003	Century
Kubik	Edward L. & Bonnie V.	Walker	1897	1998	Century
Leclere	Dwight and Arlene	Coggon	1898	1999	Century
Volesky	John C. & Adeline	Swisher	1898	1998	Century
Henik	Joshua & Katlyn	Mount Vernon	1899	2017	Century
Zumbach	Roger	Coggon	1899	2008	Century
Ammeter	Christian F.	Central City	1900	2000	Century
Ammeter	Richard M.	Central City	1900	2000	Century
Everhart	Warren & Joann	Cedar Rapids	1900	2022	Century
Rinehart	Sarah J.	Martelle	1900	2002	Century
Smith	Leo F. and Natalie J.	Central City	1900	2000	Century
Haehlen Revocable Trust	Bernice	Marion	1901	2015	Century
Novak	William J. and Irene M.	Ely	1901	2001	Century
Boland	Bill and Verna	Fairfax	1902	2024	Century
Fox	Glenys Kemper	Center Point	1902	2006	Century
Koval	Emil & Alice	Marion	1902	2004	Century
Barta Revocable Trust	Louis L. & Margaret Ellen	Cedar Rapids	1903	2016	Century
McArthur	Robert & Janice	Springville	1903	2006	Century
Stodola	Valaree DL	Shellsburg	1903	2005	Century
Armstrong	Clayton S.	Central City	1904	2004	Century
Copler	Sylvia	Marion	1905	2008	Century
Nielson	Norman R. & Dora L.	Marion	1905	2007	Century
Benish	Marlyn	Cedar Rapids	1906	2013	Century
Dlouhy	David & Kerry Sue	Ely	1906	2006	Century
Durow	Floyd	Center Point	1907	2007	Century
Hall	Jeff & Danielle	Palo	1907	2016	Century
Schultz	Clyde & Linda	Center Point	1907	2007	Century
Lorenc	Allan	Fairfax	1908	2012	Century
Moses Estate	Betty	Ely	1908	2013	Century
Hynek	Steven & Katrena	Fairfax	1909	2009	Century
Price	Dennis & Monica	Coggon	1909	2009	Century
Beckner	DeWayne & Mary Ann	Marion	1910	2010	Century
Fisher	Susan	Mt. Vernon	1910	2017	Century
Kirkpatrick	Brian W.	Mt. Vernon	1910	2010	Century
Blackford	Burdette	Marion	1911	2012	Century
Copler	Sylvia	Marion	1911	2011	Century
Jones	Emma A. Pavek	Palo	1911	2012	Century
Squires	Jerry & Robin	Center Point	1912	2013	Century
Feerer	Warren & Pam	Fairfax	1913	2018	Century
Frantz Family Farms, LLC		Springville	1913	2013	Century
Holub	Benjamin	Central City	1913	2014	Century
Higgins	LaVeda	Ely	1914	2014	Century
Rawson	Donna M.	Alburnett	1914	2015	Century
Young	Charles S. & Cindy S.	Palo	1914	2015	Century
Davis	Charles Rusl	Cedar Rapids	1915	2015	Century
Stamy	Donald E.	Robins	1918	2018	Century
Kazimour	Kimberly & Korlin	Cedar Rapids	1919	2023	Century
Benesh	James & Esther	Cedar Rapids	1920	2023	Century
Pospisil Farms		Mt Vernon	1924	2024	Century

Source: IA Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship

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