Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County | Address physical location | GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property | National register name | Notes and comments property | Date of application | Date of award | Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file | Application location |
Applicants relationship to original owners![]() |
Origin of original owners | Ethnic origin of original owners | How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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CFR0414 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Griffith, B. L. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SE of Independence |
Wells, Perry A. | No | Hay, grain, cattle. Original... | Cherries, prunes, pears,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 168 acres in present farm. A warehouse was located on the banks of the Willamette for shipping produce. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0682 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Nathan and Emily | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos | Smith, Stian Elihu | No | no | Milked cows, made cheese,... | Dairy cattle (grade A), some... | No |
300 acres in original farm. 119 acres in present farm. Farm divided 4 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0379 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16 & 17, 20 & 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0650 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Aden, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Midway between Stafford and Wilsonville |
Aden, Alton K.; Graves, Elva A. | No | yes | cleared in preparation for... | Small grains, hay, filberts. | No |
94 acres in original farm. 49.68 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0908 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jurgens, William | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Martinazzi, Arthur J. | No | no | Two cows, pair of oxen, three... | Charlolais cattle, family... | No |
140 acres in original farm. 134 acres in present farm. Farm divided 8 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany, grandmother from Bohemia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1256 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Henry W. and Minta W Jones | Select Seed Promised Seed | 1918 | 400.00 | 400.00 | 380 | No | No | No |
T5S R5W S23 |
Yamhill |
14870 SW Bellevue Hay McMinnville OR 97128 |
4 miles | Amity OR | Steven Jones | Yes | Original home still in use;... | Draft horses, sheep, goats,... | Turf type Fall Fescue,... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application materials |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0486 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hutt, Thomas B. | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
1 1/2 miles E of Yamhill |
Hutt, Leland L. | No | No |
41 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Thomas Hutt to Louis S. Hutt (son) to Leland Hutt (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0002 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chandler, George | Chandler Herefords, Inc. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | Chandler, George Herbert; Chandler, Charles | No | Yes. | Hay; Oats; Shorthorn cattle. | Hereford cattle; Hay. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 2700 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0133 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dunn, Patrick | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim No. 56 | No | No |
T 39 R 1 E Section 13 and 24 |
Jackson |
4.5 miles SE of Ashland, Oregon. Located at 4224 Hgy. 66 Ashland Ave. |
Dunn, George Edwin | No | At time of application: Grain... | No |
"My grandfather patrick Dunn took donation land claim. I think No. 56 in 1852. My father purchased land from him and still owns it. He retired from farm in 1920 and I have leased it and operated since then." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0813 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bergstrom, Olof | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 3 S R 24 Sec 32 NWQ, Sec 29 SWQ, Sec 33 E1/2 |
Morrow | Becket, Ronald | No | no | Wheat, oats | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. See "Stories of Century Farm Families in Morrow County" packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 2 |