 |
Century Farms in Pottawattamie County
awarded 1976-2017
| The Iowa Century Farm Program began in 1976 awarding families who have owned their farms, of 40 acres or more, for at least 100 years. Certificates are presented each year at the Iowa State Fair by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Farm Bureau. See: Iowa Century Farms at http://www.iowacenturyfarms.com/iowaCenturyFarms.cfm |
| NAME |
CITY |
ORIGIN YEAR |
AWARD YEAR |
| Achenbach, Lyle & Nellie |
Hancock |
1880 |
1981 |
| Achenbach, Lyle & Nellie |
Hancock |
1880 |
1981 |
| Alff, George W. |
Oakland |
1881 |
1982 |
| Anderson, Darwin |
Council Bluffs |
1906 |
2006 |
| Anderson, Jimmie L. |
Hancock |
1912 |
2012 |
| Angeroth, Zola |
Council Bluffs |
1914 |
2016 |
| Aronson, Wentworth |
Honey Creek |
1854 |
1981 |
| Asell, Lyle W. & Carol L. |
Macedonia |
1910 |
2010 |
| Bamesberger, P. A. |
Minden |
1875 |
1976 |
| Bardsley, Curtis & Shirley |
Neola |
1855 |
1983 |
| Barnett, Bruce |
Underwood |
1880 |
1984 |
| Bayless, June I. |
Honey Creek |
1853 |
1994 |
| Beatty, Mary |
Hancock |
1896 |
2016 |
| Beaty, Roberta |
Oakland |
1891 |
2008 |
| Bebensee, Belle C. & children |
Council Bluffs |
1872 |
1976 |
| Beckendorf, Bobby J. & Beverly |
Walnut |
1893 |
1993 |
| Benson, Duane |
Underwood |
1906 |
2006 |
| Bentley, Kenneth |
Minden |
1899 |
2003 |
| Bergman, Frank W. |
Avoca |
1871 |
1976 |
| Bertelson, John V. |
Neola |
1877 |
1994 |
| Bestman, William J. & Geraldine |
Shelby |
1891 |
1996 |
| Bisbee, Jeff |
Griswold |
1911 |
2014 |
| Boehm, Mrs. William F. |
Council Bluffs |
1868 |
1979 |
| Bolton, J. Bernie & Norma |
Oakland |
1911 |
2013 |
| Bostwick, Glenn |
Honey Creek |
1855 |
1976 |
| Boyer, Elaine E. |
Council Bluffs |
1882 |
1984 |
| Braden, Bruce & James |
Macedonia |
1885 |
1985 |
| Brandes, Richard & Dorothy |
Hancock |
1904 |
2006 |
| Brandes, Wayne C. |
Hancock |
1874 |
1976 |
| Bronson, Ruth B. |
Crescent |
1886 |
1988 |
| Brown, Kenneth E. & Madelyn |
Hancock |
1890 |
1990 |
| Brreneman, Erwen |
Macedonia |
1875 |
1976 |
| Buckingham, Clinton O. |
Carson |
1870 |
1976 |
| Buckingham, Harriot D. |
Carson |
1869 |
1976 |
| Burck, J. Rowland |
Council Bluffs |
1869 |
1976 |
| Cain, Lyle Edward Jr. |
Treynor |
1900 |
2014 |
| Carley, Ernest B. |
Carson |
1915 |
2015 |
| Carlile, Elsie & David |
Underwood |
1872 |
1976 |
| Carstens, Henry Jr. |
Shelby |
1871 |
1976 |
| Casson, Charles & Ernest W. |
Macedonia |
1875 |
1976 |
| Casson, Donald D. |
McClelland |
1881 |
1988 |
| Chambers, Patricia & Gorden |
Oakland |
1855 |
1976 |
| Chrisman, Roswell |
McClelland |
1880 |
1981 |
| Christensen, Alan V. |
Underwood |
1887 |
1987 |
| Christoffersen, Paul |
Underwood |
1872 |
1976 |
| Clapp, Ada M. |
Shelby |
1877 |
1985 |
| Clark, Rosalie |
Macedonia |
1905 |
2006 |
| Clausen, Leona |
Walnut |
1893 |
1994 |
| Clayton, Helen |
Macedonia |
1879 |
1988 |
| Clayton, Kermit & Virginia |
Treynor |
1888 |
2006 |
| Cochran, Leo H. & Merle |
Griswold |
1870 |
1977 |
| Collins, Leland L. |
Minden |
1878 |
1992 |
| Collins, Lonnie |
Honey Creek |
1910 |
2015 |
| Conrad, Francis |
Honey Creek |
1876 |
1989 |
| Constant, D. H. & Becky |
Underwood |
1889 |
1990 |
| Danker, Ellen |
Hancock |
1882 |
1983 |
| Danker, Gerald & Diane |
Oakland |
1912 |
2012 |
| Danker, Larry & Judie |
Oakland |
1905 |
2010 |
| Danker, Linda A. |
Minden |
1889 |
1992 |
| Danker, Maynard L. & Mary Jane |
Minden |
1907 |
2007 |
| Danker, Stanley |
Minden |
1880 |
1984 |
| Darrington, Howard E. |
Neola |
1894 |
1994 |
| Darrington, Raymond N. |
Neola |
1872 |
1976 |
| Davis, Earl J. |
Hancock |
1887 |
1987 |
| Davis, Lloyd H. |
Oakland |
1881 |
1981 |
| DeWitt, Stella B. |
Griswold |
1875 |
1994 |
| Dilley, Evelyn |
Oakland |
1895 |
1996 |
| Dirgo, Harry J. |
Shelby |
1875 |
1987 |
| Dittmer, Willard E. |
Shelby |
1888 |
1992 |
| Downs, Thomas L. |
Underwood |
1851 |
1976 |
| Drake, Jack |
Walnut |
1909 |
2013 |
| Driver, Chester & Arlene |
Honey Creek |
1887 |
1993 |
| Easton, Nancy & Bryan |
Macedonia |
1909 |
2009 |
| Eckert, Nemar |
Oakland |
1880 |
1992 |
| Eilts, Ervin & Mary |
Crescent |
1880 |
2010 |
| England, Maxine |
Griswold |
1908 |
2008 |
| Evans, Philip & Paula |
Shelby |
1906 |
2006 |
| Falk, Alice L. |
Minden |
1882 |
1982 |
| Fauble, Rose E. Chapman |
Honey Creek |
1856 |
1976 |
| Feiler, Dorothea Plumer |
Council Bluffs |
1868 |
1976 |
| Fender, Forest & Ruby |
Carson |
1875 |
1976 |
| Fenn, Josephine |
Carson |
1880 |
1982 |
| Fischer, Mary C. |
Neola |
1875 |
1984 |
| Flemming, Kenneth A. W. |
Avoca |
1874 |
1976 |
| Floerchinger, Robert |
Neola |
1880 |
1982 |
| Forneten, Oscar A. |
Council Bluffs |
1875 |
1976 |
| Forristall, Gerald & Geraldine |
Macedonia |
1904 |
2004 |
| Frank, Lynn Dean |
Oakland |
1883 |
1983 |
| Fredrechsen, Kenneth |
Walnut |
1903 |
2004 |
| Fritz, Gene & Sharell |
Avoca |
1910 |
2016 |
| Fritz, Lester & Judith |
Oakland |
1896 |
1996 |
| Fritz, Wayne |
Oakland |
1902 |
2007 |
| Frohardt, Dennis F. |
Council Bluffs |
1874 |
1976 |
| Fulton, Bette M. |
Loveland |
1908 |
2014 |
| Garse, James Wallace |
Oakland |
1875 |
1976 |
| Gehrmann, A. W. & Alma |
Carson |
1876 |
1976 |
| Geise, Robert & Roger |
Minden |
1879 |
1979 |
| Gilmore, Ellen |
Honey Creek |
1876 |
1980 |
| Gittins, Lois |
Neola |
1900 |
2006 |
| Goettsch, Howard G. |
Walnut |
1895 |
1996 |
| Goos, Alfred A. |
Council Bluffs |
1874 |
1976 |
| Goos, C. Clint |
Council Bluffs |
1874 |
1976 |
| Green, Barbara J. |
Council Bluffs |
1874 |
2010 |
| Greene, Betty A. |
Avoca |
1869 |
1976 |
| Grote, Forrest W. |
McClelland |
1888 |
1988 |
| Gunderson, Donald G. & Faye L. |
Missouri Valley |
1876 |
1977 |
| Guttau, Detlef H. |
Council Bluffs |
1877 |
1977 |
| Haas, Sherman |
Shelby |
1873 |
1976 |
| Hackett, Dale R. & Harold R. |
Oakland |
1871 |
1979 |
| Haines, J. Robert |
Oakland |
1870 |
1976 |
| Hamann, Marvin |
Council Bluffs |
1877 |
1984 |
| Hamlin, Edward & Leila |
Griswold |
1908 |
2008 |
| Hansen, Bernice L. |
Crescent |
1913 |
2013 |
| Hansen, Edna M. |
Walnut |
1883 |
1984 |
| Hansen, Peggy |
Hancock |
1902 |
2006 |
| Hansen, Richard & Ashlee |
Minden |
1891 |
2006 |
| Harder, Olga |
Avoca |
1880 |
1982 |
| Harms, Glen & Dorothy & Dean |
Underwood |
1889 |
1995 |
| Harris, Grant |
Oakland |
1856 |
1977 |
| Hartje, Eva A. |
McClelland |
1890 |
2010 |
| Harvey, Hazel |
Oakland |
1905 |
2005 |
| Heft, Harris J. |
Hancock |
1890 |
1990 |
| Henry, John C. & Velma |
Hancock |
1874 |
1977 |
| Hensen, Bernice |
Avoca |
1883 |
1984 |
| Heyne, Bruce A. |
Walnut |
1874 |
1976 |
| Hildebrand, Ola E. |
Hancock |
1875 |
1976 |
| Hildebrand, Ralph M. |
Hancock |
1875 |
1996 |
| Hildebrand, Virgil |
Hancock |
1875 |
1983 |
| Hinz, Richard A. |
Minden |
1884 |
1989 |
| Hoeppner, Christian |
Avoca |
1874 |
1976 |
| Holtz, Herbert F. |
Avoca |
1892 |
1993 |
| Hotze, Marion L. |
Carson |
1880 |
1983 |
| Hough, Harl & Ruth |
Underwood |
1874 |
1976 |
| Hough, Robert M. |
Underwood |
1895 |
1995 |
| Hovey, Glenn W. & Florence E. |
Hancock |
1871 |
1982 |
| Howard, Edward A. & Marie |
Council Bluffs |
1871 |
1976 |
| Huneke, Fred |
Underwood |
1890 |
1991 |
| Jacobsen, Robert L. & Norma J. |
Hancock |
1902 |
2007 |
| Jensen, Elma |
Shelby |
1879 |
1979 |
| Jensen, Robert I. & Janice E. |
Underwood |
1886 |
1996 |
| Jensen, Robert M. |
Neola |
1907 |
2010 |
| Jenson, Ethel |
Underwood |
1899 |
2004 |
| Johnk, Kent & Carla |
Hancock |
1898 |
1998 |
| Johnk, Robert & Dorothy |
Hancock |
1883 |
1985 |
| Johnson, Rosemary |
Underwood |
1904 |
2004 |
| Kadel, Ronald L. |
Minden |
1874 |
1976 |
| Kates, Richard & JoAnn |
Carson |
1873 |
2012 |
| Kay, Roy |
Minden |
1875 |
1976 |
| Kearney, Mervin L. |
Oakland |
1859 |
1983 |
| Keast, Dora Lou |
Henderson |
1891 |
1997 |
| Keast, Mark |
Carson |
1902 |
2003 |
| Killion, Clara M. |
Oakland |
1882 |
1983 |
| Killion, Richard & Lena |
Oakland |
1882 |
1983 |
| Killpack, Arthur F. |
Neola |
1882 |
1985 |
| King, Charles |
Hancock |
1873 |
1976 |
| Kinzer, Virginia |
Oakland |
1900 |
2005 |
| Koehrsen, Lawrence G. & Susan |
Walnut |
1914 |
2014 |
| Koll, Alfred H. |
Walnut |
1878 |
1979 |
| Krueger, Christine |
Walnut |
1876 |
1976 |
| Krueger, Robert J. |
Hancock |
1874 |
1982 |
| Krummel, Hilda |
Avoca |
1874 |
1976 |
| Kruse, Gerald S. |
Silver City |
1891 |
2010 |
| Kundel, Carolyn Joy |
Minden |
1889 |
2006 |
| Kundel, Pearl |
Minden |
1909 |
2010 |
| Lane, James A. |
Avoca |
1872 |
1979 |
| Lane, Ruth J. |
Hancock |
1880 |
1982 |
| Lantis, James L. |
Elliott |
1874 |
1976 |
| Larsen, Duane D. |
Underwood |
1877 |
1980 |
| Larsen, Shirley |
Underwood |
1904 |
2007 |
| Lawson, Ralph |
Macedonia |
1869 |
1976 |
| Leaders, Darwin E. |
Minden |
1877 |
1978 |
| Leaders, Lowell & Phyllis |
Minden |
1901 |
2009 |
| Leighton, Tony & Carol |
Lewis |
1915 |
2016 |
| Lewis, Norman B. |
Macedonia |
1872 |
1976 |
| Liddell, Donald & Arlene |
Council Bluffs |
1879 |
1983 |
| Loewenstein, Esther M. |
Walnut |
1893 |
1993 |
| Long, Wayne & Gladys |
Council Bluffs |
1891 |
1995 |
| Lyman, Vina |
Oakland |
1895 |
1996 |
| Maguire, Bernard |
Council Bluffs |
1878 |
1985 |
| Marshall, Florence M. |
Shelby |
1879 |
1987 |
| Martens, Alvin F. & K. Dorothy |
Minden |
1881 |
1982 |
| Martin, Bruce E. & Rojeane D. |
Hancock |
1902 |
2007 |
| Martin, Kenneth & Dean C. |
Hancock |
1871 |
1976 |
| Matthews, Sadie |
McClelland |
1868 |
1986 |
| Matthies, Emma |
Walnut |
1875 |
1976 |
| McArthur, Mary M. |
Oakland |
1859 |
1977 |
| McCarthy, Marie S. |
Hancock |
1882 |
1983 |
| McEvoy, Timothy J. & Dorothy V. |
Missouri Valley |
1890 |
1992 |
| McMartin, Roger & Anita |
Oakland |
1905 |
2009 |
| McMullen, Clint |
Council Bluffs |
1855 |
1976 |
| McNay, Ona & Grace |
Silver City |
1855 |
1977 |
| Meis, Rosemary |
Council Bluffs |
1881 |
1994 |
| Meyer, John W. |
Oakland |
1916 |
2016 |
| Meyer, John W. |
Oakland |
1916 |
2016 |
| Meyer, Robert E. |
Hancock |
1902 |
2002 |
| Meyer, Robert E. |
Hancock |
1902 |
2002 |
| Miller, Carl G. |
Silver City |
1856 |
1977 |
| Miller, George E. & Viva |
Silver City |
1881 |
2001 |
| Miller, Maurice E. & Hazel C. |
Hancock |
1900 |
2001 |
| Miller, Max L. & Margaret J. |
Griswold |
1894 |
1996 |
| Miller, William W. & Kay Y. |
Carson |
1893 |
1993 |
| Minahan, Bernard T. |
Neola |
1874 |
1989 |
| Mohr, Gene & Nancy |
Avoca |
1903 |
2004 |
| Moran, Joseph P. |
Honey Creek |
1887 |
1987 |
| Morse, Arlene S. |
Council Bluffs |
1915 |
2015 |
| Moss, Harvey W. |
Macedonia |
1879 |
1979 |
| Mundorf, Ronald & Martha |
Griswold |
1905 |
2012 |
| Murray, Dorothy |
Honey Creek |
1905 |
2005 |
| Murray, Dorothy |
Crescent |
1904 |
2005 |
| Myers, Wayne & Dorothy |
Oakland |
1901 |
2002 |
| Nilan, Boyd M. |
Oakland |
1879 |
1981 |
| Nusser, Loren & Marilyn |
Council Bluffs |
1875 |
1976 |
| Oamek, George & Sharon |
Honey Creek |
1875 |
2000 |
| Olsen, Eugene H. |
Missouri Valley |
1870 |
1976 |
| Olson, Olive |
Underwood |
1872 |
1986 |
| O'Neill, Robert |
Hancock |
1916 |
2016 |
| Osborn, Meryle & Patricia |
Council Bluffs |
1865 |
1976 |
| Otto, Robert L. |
Honey Creek |
1914 |
2016 |
| Paasch, Ronald R. |
Walnut |
1871 |
2011 |
| Palmer, Lorin D. |
Oakland |
1895 |
1996 |
| Palmer, Melvin L. & Lucille L. |
Oakland |
1895 |
1996 |
| Perdue, Errol & Lola |
Griswold |
1902 |
2002 |
| Perdue, Irvin & Helen |
Carson |
1890 |
2002 |
| Petersen, Marceda |
Avoca |
1898 |
1999 |
| Petty, Dean |
Elliott |
1870 |
1976 |
| Petty, Margene & Max |
Elliott |
1873 |
1976 |
| Pierce, Charles |
Oakland |
1909 |
2009 |
| Pierce, Ralph |
Oakland |
1875 |
1976 |
| Plahn, Bert & Josephine |
Avoca |
1891 |
1991 |
| Potter, Delmar Wm. |
Griswold |
1881 |
1981 |
| Rapp, Winifred |
Hancock |
1882 |
1983 |
| Rath, Irvin J. |
Council Bluffs |
1872 |
1977 |
| Reimer, Robert B. |
Hancock |
1890 |
2007 |
| Richardson, Merle & Pat |
Macedonia |
1875 |
1982 |
| Rieck, Betty |
Walnut |
1904 |
2004 |
| Rock, Arnold & Eloise |
Hancock |
1874 |
1979 |
| Rock, Edwin H. |
Avoca |
1873 |
1976 |
| Rock, Patricia |
Avoca |
1881 |
1987 |
| Rodenburg, Mike & Ron |
McClelland |
1910 |
2010 |
| Rodwell, Clifford E. |
Oakland |
1875 |
1976 |
| Ross, Jim & Kevin |
Underwood |
1887 |
2014 |
| Rosser, Mary Higley |
Minden |
1887 |
2000 |
| Royer, Bert & Jane |
Neola |
1901 |
2002 |
| Russmann, Dorothy Y. |
Minden |
1882 |
1983 |
| Russmann, Richard |
Avoca |
1886 |
2009 |
| Ryan, John E. & Janice K. |
Underwood |
1878 |
1991 |
| Sasse, Dennis L. |
Griswold |
1871 |
1989 |
| Schlicht, Marvin K. |
Walnut |
1892 |
1992 |
| Schmidt, Ella |
Minden |
1880 |
1981 |
| Schnepel, Linda |
Oakland |
1889 |
1990 |
| Schnepel, Lowell & Marlene |
Council Bluffs |
1878 |
1980 |
| Schnoor, Anna C. |
Council Bluffs |
1874 |
1989 |
| Schoening, Alvin E. |
Carson |
1887 |
1987 |
| Schroeder, Marilyn |
Treynor |
1907 |
2008 |
| Schultz, Eldon & Velma |
Oakland |
1885 |
1990 |
| Scott, David R. & Jane |
Underwood |
1904 |
2009 |
| Scott, George H. & Geneva M. |
Council Bluffs |
1883 |
1985 |
| Scott, Irwin G. |
Underwood |
1894 |
1998 |
| Sharp, Robert B. & Reta M. |
McClelland |
1878 |
1989 |
| Shipp, Thomas P. & Denise R. |
Underwood |
1897 |
2012 |
| Sievers, Alice M. |
Walnut |
1896 |
1996 |
| Sievers, Allan R. |
Walnut |
1896 |
1996 |
| Sievers, Earl G. |
Walnut |
1874 |
1998 |
| Sievers, Richard |
Walnut |
1896 |
1996 |
| Simon, Robert L. |
Hancock |
1901 |
2002 |
| Smith, Berton B. & Betty M. |
Carson |
1879 |
1979 |
| Smith, Hazel R. |
Council Bluffs |
1869 |
1976 |
| Snapp, James D. & 3 others |
Carson |
1875 |
1976 |
| Spethmann, Kathryn E. |
Council Bluffs |
1854 |
1977 |
| Spetman, Alfred J. |
Council Bluffs |
1854 |
1976 |
| Stamp, Donald H. |
Lewis |
1882 |
1982 |
| Stempel, Carl H. |
Macedonia |
1887 |
1987 |
| Stephens, Shirley |
McClelland |
1899 |
2002 |
| Stortenbecker, Louis A. & Rose |
Council Bluffs |
1916 |
2016 |
| Stortenbecker, Vivian |
Council Bluffs |
1873 |
1976 |
| Strittmatter, Glenn & Della |
Lewis |
1874 |
1976 |
| Stroebele, Edward |
Oakland |
1871 |
1976 |
| Stroebele, Everett P. |
Oakland |
1871 |
1991 |
| Strohbehn, Elsie C. |
Council Bluffs |
1892 |
1993 |
| Stuart, Robert L. |
Walnut |
1871 |
1976 |
| Stuhr, John C. & M. Eileen |
Minden |
1881 |
1986 |
| Taylor, Glenn W. |
McClelland |
1855 |
1976 |
| Terry, Laura M. |
Crescent |
1865 |
1976 |
| Thies, Herman & Margaret |
Minden |
1874 |
1976 |
| Thies, Ned C. |
Avoca |
1874 |
1976 |
| Thomas, Donald R. |
Neola |
1866 |
1993 |
| Thomas, Dorothy Cohrs |
McClelland |
1903 |
2003 |
| Thomas, Raymond |
Neola |
1882 |
2004 |
| Thompson, Robert C. |
Missouri Valley |
1882 |
1994 |
| Thomsen, Arnold C. |
Avoca |
1873 |
1976 |
| Tiarks, Roy & Janet |
Council Bluffs |
1888 |
2010 |
| Tiarks, William M. & Dorothy A. |
Underwood |
1882 |
1989 |
| Tibbles, Alva E. |
Macedonia |
1876 |
1977 |
| Tibbles, Charles E. |
Macedonia |
1876 |
1976 |
| Timberman, William & Neuonia |
Oakland |
1899 |
2003 |
| True, Howard E. |
Avoca |
1857 |
1976 |
| True, William & Joyce |
Avoca |
1901 |
2006 |
| Turner, Eugene E. & 2 others |
Griswold |
1869 |
1976 |
| Tye, LeRoy I. & Sandra S. |
Griswold |
1873 |
1996 |
| Tye, Maynard |
Griswold |
1873 |
1976 |
| Tye, Myrtle |
Griswold |
1880 |
1981 |
| Tye, Opal M. |
Griswold |
1872 |
1976 |
| Underwood, Jeryl |
McClelland |
1881 |
1984 |
| Underwood, Sam |
McClelland |
1881 |
1982 |
| VanRiper, Helen |
Neola |
1883 |
2008 |
| Vierck, Robert E. |
Hancock |
1876 |
1987 |
| Volkens, Elaine D. |
Council Bluffs |
1881 |
1992 |
| Volkens, Robin |
Treynor |
1896 |
2015 |
| Vorthmann, Alfred |
Council Bluffs |
1871 |
1976 |
| Vorthmann, Richard A. L. |
Council Bluffs |
1891 |
1992 |
| Vorthmann, Roger C. & Ann E. |
McClelland |
1895 |
1996 |
| Vorthmann, Walter |
Council Bluffs |
1871 |
1976 |
| Wallace, Dean |
Elliott |
1866 |
1976 |
| Walter, Jayne V. |
McClelland |
1903 |
2015 |
| Ward, Donald R. & Ethel V. |
Missouri Valley |
1894 |
1994 |
| Watkins, Ralph H. |
Shelby |
1880 |
1988 |
| Wellman, Walter F. & Inez |
Neola |
1887 |
1988 |
| West, George C. Jr. |
Crescent |
1865 |
1976 |
| White, Orlan D. |
Oakland |
1889 |
1991 |
| Wild, Henrietta T. |
Council Bluffs |
1880 |
1987 |
| Williams, Floyd |
Lewis |
1907 |
2008 |
| Williams, Helen S. |
Hancock |
1874 |
2010 |
| Wilson, Thomas & Barbara |
Elliott |
1869 |
1976 |
| Wohlers, Joyce |
Missouri Valley |
1891 |
1992 |
| Wulff, Donald J. & Abbie S. |
Minden |
1876 |
1980 |
| Yeager, Wilbur R. & Lucy A. |
Henderson |
1883 |
2002 |
| Zoeller, Leonard |
Oakland |
1871 |
1976 |
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