SFR0008

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
McKay, James
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1856
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Marion
Name of farm or ranch: 
McKay Farms, Inc.
Address physical location: 
19224 French Prairie Road, N.E.
Distance from nearest town: 
2.5 miles
Nearest town name: 
St.Paul
Who farms or ranches today: 
McKay, Dean Arthur; McKay, Mark
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Grains; Hops
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Bush beans; Corn; Garlic seed; Grass seed; Nursery stock
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Dean Arthur and McKay Farms
Date of application: 
2007-10-25 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2008
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of early plat map
Genealogical information included: 
No
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great-great grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Illinois
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
Irish-Scottish
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
2
Original Acreage: 
160.0acres
Current Acreage: 
300.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0