IOWA CENTURY FARMS
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Farm Bureau began this program in 1976. The program recognizes and honors those who have kept their farm – of at least 40 acres – in the same generational families for at least 100 years or more.
There is an application process which must be completed. Applications may be obtained from the Iowa Department of Agriculture .
Awards are presented in a special ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. The award of Century Farm is given in recognition to a family who has had the farm for 100 years. For those who have achieved 150 years of ownership, they receive an Heritage Farm Award.
For more information on Iowa Century Farms Award program see https://iowaagriculture.gov/century-and-heritage-farm-program
HONORING THOSE OF MUSCATINE COUNTY WITH THIS GREAT DISTINCTION 1976-2016
Transcribed by Lynn McCleary, submitted June 8, 2017
| NAME | CITY | Origin Award | Application Yr |
| Anderson, W.N. | West Liberty | 1853 | 1976 |
| Baker, Mrs. Walter F. | Muscatine | 1870 | 1976 |
| Bancks, Robert C. | Blue Grass | 1868 | 1976 |
| Barber Irma E. | Stockton | 1864 | 1995 |
| Batchelor, Frank | Muscatine | 1876 | 1976 |
| Beceridge, Thomas F. | Atalissa | 1865 | 1976 |
| Bellinger, Connie Harvey | Letts | 1891 | 1995 |
| Berkett, Blanche | West Liberty | 1856 | 1976 |
| Bermel, Albert E. | Muscatine | 1909 | 2010 |
| Binggeli, Elma G. | Atalissa | 1888 | 1989 |
| Birkett, James Thomas | West Liberty | 1876 | 1992 |
| Blackstock, Katheryne H. | Wilton | 1857 | 1977 |
| Bockwoldt & Family, Robert | Durant | 1881 | 1983 |
| Bohnsack, Darlene and Melvin | Wilton | 1904 | 2010 |
| Brand, Robert S. | West Liberty | 1852 | 1976 |
| Braun, Felicitas T. | Nichols | 1867 | 1976 |
| Braun, Laurence | Muscatine | 1854 | 1976 |
| Broders, Alvin H. | Stockton | 1863 | 1976 |
| Brookhart Farm, Delbert, LeRoy & Mildred Wittmer | Letts | 1868 | 1996 |
| Broun, Ronald P. | West Liberty | 1845 | 1976 |
| Brown, Edward John | Moscow | 1865 | 1976 |
| Brown, Sheryl | Atalissa | 1909 | 2010 |
| Brugman, Eugene H. | Nichols | 1865 | 1977 |
| Brus, Henry A. & Esther B. | Stockton | 1868 | 1976 |
| Burkle, Robert & Kathryn | West Liberty | 1909 | 2009 |
| Burmeister, Arloine Arp | Stockton | 1864 | 1976 |
| Cashman, Irma | Letts | 1864 | 1976 |
| Chown, David and Barbara | Nichols | 1891 | 2010 |
| Collier, G. Warren & Miriam | Durant | 1884 | 1993 |
| Corriell, Wayne & Patricia | Atalissa | 1907 | 2007 |
| Coxon, Walter S. & Margaret Schenck | West Liberty | 1854 | 1976 |
| Cromer, John | Muscatine | 1853 | 1987 |
| Cromer, Clarence & Ina E. | Moscow | 1845 | 1976 |
| Digney, Agnes C. | Letts | 1860 | 1998 |
| Digney, Agnes C. | Letts | 1902 | 2002 |
| Digney, Agnes | Letts | 1884 | 1999 |
| Dodder, Joe | Letts | 1910 | 2010 |
| Doerfer, Mrs. Erma | Muscatine | 1865 | 1976 |
| Drake, Shirley Jean Henke | Muscatine | 1890 | 1996 |
| Dvorak, Frank & Rita | Durant | 1866 | 1976 |
| Eichelberger, Dean & N. Geraldine | Letts | 1850 | 1976 |
| Eis, Loryann M. | Muscatine | 1886 | 1986 |
| Elder, Estate Robert J. | Nichols | 1856 | 1988 |
| Feldman, Gertrude | West Liberty | 1868 | 1988 |
| Fishburn Estate, John C. | Muscatine | 1881 | 1997 |
| Fitchner, Clifford & Marie | Muscatine | 1900 | 2001 |
| Fix, Rolland W. | Muscatine | 1885 | 1986 |
| Freyermuth, Harlan B. & Doris A. | Muscatine | 1854 | 1977 |
| Fromer, Raymond & Ralph | Muscatine | 1868 | 1976 |
| Furlong, Mike | Letts | 1855 | 2009 |
| Furlong, Joseph E. | Letts | 1903 | 2003 |
| Geirse, Lloyd Henry | Muscatine | 1868 | 1976 |
| Greiner, Karl H. & Helen | Muscatine | 1854 | 1983 |
| Grings, Thomas J. & Mildred | Moscow | 1896 | 1998 |
| Haessig, Priscilla Richards | West Liberty | 1911 | 2016 |
| Hafner, Chester A. & Pat M. | Letts | 1891 | 1996 |
| Hargrafen, Corinne G. | Letts | 1869 | 1986 |
| Hargrafen, Roger J. | Letts | 1895 | 1996 |
| Harper, Joseph W. & C. Rose E. | Muscatine | 1901 | 2002 |
| Hawley, Marshall & Leone | West Liberty | 1875 | 1976 |
| Hearst, Eleanor Hoffmeyer | Letts | 1901 | 2002 |
| Henderson, Francis Craig | Wilton | 1906 | 2013 |
| Hetzler, Reva K. | Muscatine | 1897 | 1998 |
| Hildebrand, Harriet | West Liberty | 1865 | 1976 |
| Hitchcock, H. Burdett | Muscatine | 1847 | 1976 |
| Hixon, Charlene Nichols | Nichols | 1854 | 1976 |
| Hoffbauer, Nadine N. | Blue Grass | 1869 | 1977 |
| Hoopes, J. Wendell | Muscatine | 1856 | 1976 |
| Imhoff, Lyle G. | Muscatine | 1873 | 1976 |
| Irwin, James E. & Iona N. | Muscatine | 1851 | 1976 |
| Kaalberg, Gayle F. & Carol A. | West Liberty | 1903 | 2004 |
| Klein, Ivan J. | Muscatine | 1854 | 1976 |
| Krebs, Walter Henry | Stockton | 1867 | 1976 |
| Kubs, Ralph H. | Stockton | 1867 | 1976 |
| Lambert, Julius & Jean | Durant | 1887 | 1997 |
| Leach, Elma & Richard | Muscatine | 1874 | 1976 |
| Lindle, Edward M. & Bernice E. | Muscatine | 1856 | 1976 |
| Lindle, Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. | Muscatine | 1874 | 1976 |
| MacKenzie, Loretta E. | Nichols | 1877 | 2001 |
| MacLeod, Vicki | West Liberty | 1909 | 2009 |
| March, Farm, LLC | Atalissa | 1914 | 2014 |
| Marolf, Lyle & Janet | Moscow | 1914 | 2014 |
| Martz, Earl R. & Phyllis A. | Blue Grass | 1913 | 2013 |
| Martz, Adolph G. | Muscatine | 1892 | 1993 |
| Maurer, Edna, Willliam, Raymond & Paul | Wilton | 1859 | 1976 |
| Maurer, Norman R. | Wilton | 1851 | 1976 |
| Maxwell, Forest & Winifred Owen | Conesville | 1874 | 1976 |
| McClean, Maria & Francis Gale | Wilton | 1865 | 1976 |
| McClean, Gale | Wilton | 1865 | 1976 |
| McConnaha, Grant E. & Mardell E. | Muscatine | 1892 | 1994 |
| McCullough, Mr. & Mrs. Gary | Muscatine | 1870 | 1976 |
| McGowan, Ellsworth & Sarah | Nichols | 1867 | 1976 |
| McIntire, Warren E. | West Liberty | 1874 | 1976 |
| Meeker Ag, L.L.C. | Letts | 1909 | 2010 |
| Meyers, Virgil & Peggy A. | West Liberty | 1876 | 1994 |
| MG Farmland, LLC | Durant | 1887 | 2014 |
| Mills, Amelia F. | Nichols | 1850 | 1984 |
| Moeller, Gary & Kay | Wilton | 1913 | 2013 |
| Noll, Mrs. Albert | Muscatine | 1866 | 1977 |
| Nolte, John & Donna | Wilton | 1873 | 2006 |
| Nolte, Donna M. | Wilton | 1907 | 2010 |
| Norton, G. Michael & Susan D. | Wilton | 1910 | 2010 |
| Nugent, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph | Muscatine | 1867 | 1976 |
| Oostendorp, Margaret (Fox) | West Liberty | 1909 | 2014 |
| Pace, Timothy & Konnie | Muscatine | 1903 | 2004 |
| Parry, Harry C. | Atalissa | 1864 | 1976 |
| Paul, Lyall A. | Muscatine | 1855 | 1976 |
| Paulsen, Imogene | Muscatine | 1902 | 2008 |
| Petersen, Daniel F. & William A. | Muscatine | 1896 | 2003 |
| Petersen, Virginia | Wilton | 1849 | 1987 |
| Petersen, David A. | Stockton | 1888 | 2015 |
| Puck, Myron & LaVerda | Stockton | 1908 | 2013 |
| Rauch, Joe W. & Janet M. | Muscatine | 1889 | 1990 |
| Reed, Paul J. | Muscatine | 1887 | 2010 |
| Reed, H. Geniece | Muscatine | 1830 | 2010 |
| Riessen, Melvin J. & Ima W. | Stockton | 1864 | 1976 |
| Rinnert, Edmond | Muscatine | 1875 | 1976 |
| Rosenfield, Anna L. Nichols | Nichols | 1841 | 1976 |
| Rost, Clayton H. | Muscatine | 1848 | 1976 |
| Ruess, Robert & Geraldine | West Liberty | 1881 | 1988 |
| Ruess, Kenneth | West Liberty | 1895 | 2001 |
| Sabbath, Charles J. | Muscatine | 1897 | 1997 |
| Salemink, John T. & Helene | Bay Circle | 1896 | 1996 |
| Salemink, Jack T. | Nichols | 1896 | 1997 |
| Samuelson, Lester K. & Shirley M. | Durant | 1886 | 1992 |
| Satterthwaite, Paul & Verna | Muscatine | 1855 | 2004 |
| Satterthwaite, Paul F. & Verna | Muscatine | 1881 | 2004 |
| Sauer, Barry W. | Muscatine | 1915 | 2015 |
| Schlapkohl, Adelia M. | Durant | 1888 | 1988 |
| Schlapkohl, Adelia Hering | Durant | 1863 | 1977 |
| Schmitt, Herbert A. | Nichols | 1865 | 1977 |
| Schroeder, Laura D. & Horace J. | Blue Grass | 1866 | 1977 |
| Schroeder, Dale F. | Blue Grass | 1884 | 1987 |
| Schultz, Nancy E. | Nichols | 1899 | 2005 |
| Schumaker, Daniel | Stockton | 1902 | 2006 |
| Shepard, Arthur C. & Dorothy | Muscatine | 1859 | 1976 |
| Sherwood, Joyleen M. Grummer Lett | Wilton | 1911 | 2013 |
| Siebke, Wilbert A. & Dorothy L. | Stockton | 1871 | 1976 |
| Sissel, Joan L. & Kurt | Stockton | 1882 | 1992 |
| Sissel, Warren C. | Stockton | 1858 | 1976 |
| Smith, Kenneth L. & Marietta | West Liberty | 1855 | 1976 |
| Spilger, Leland W. | Atalissa | 1897 | 1998 |
| Stange, Harold & Mary Ann | Muscatine | 1907 | 2008 |
| Stecher, Lyle & Joanne | Muscatine | 1892 | 1993 |
| Storjohann, Dan & Darla | Wilton | 1907 | 2007 |
| Sywassink, Ralph C. & Beverly M. | Muscatine | 1888 | 1990 |
| Sywassink, Verle | Muscatine | 1910 | 2011 |
| Timm, Deanna Durant | Muscatine | 1892 | 2009 |
| Townsley, Noel F. & Emily B. | Letts | 1848 | 2000 |
| Townsley, Forrest E. | Letts | 1841 | 1976 |
| Van Camp, James H. & Marjorie | Muscatine | 1950 | 1991 |
| Weiss, Richard A. & Winifred D. | Atalissa | 1896 | 1997 |
| Welk, Fred & Mable | West Liberty | 1881 | 1989 |
| Wilmering, Ida Mae | Muscatine | 1883 | 1986 |
| Wilson, Donald Frank | West Liberty | 1875 | 1976 |
| Windus, Keith M. | West Liberty | 1859 | 1976 |
| Wright, Kenneth D. | West Liberty | 1914 | 2014 |
| Young, Reverend David A. | Muscatine | 1900 | 2001 |
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