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 |
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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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CFR0837 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Richelderfer, Henry | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. #567. NE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 1 N R 17 E of W.M., containing 159 acres. | No | Sherman | Richelderfer, Malcolm; Richelderfer, Theron | No | Barn, shop, warehouse and... | Wheat, oats, cattle, pigs | Wheat, barley, cattle | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; 1990 Century Farm Program rules; Homestead certificate, Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Pennsylvania, Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0545 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, William | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman |
1 1/2 miles due W of Moro |
Cranston, Michael | No | Original section of the farm... | Wheat, pigs, draft horses,... | Wheat, barley. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Prineville, Oregon | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1187 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fanning, Alonzo Milton; Fanning, Nettie Bailey | Fanning Farms | 1912 | 640.00 | 670.00 | 600 | No | No | Yes |
Quit Claim Deed |
T 6 S, R 5 W, S 3,4,9,10 |
Polk & Yamhill |
13005 Ballston Road, Amity, OR |
N 45 04.012 W 123 17.719 | 7 | Amity | Fanning, Milton; Fanning, Daniel | No | Barley; Flax; Hops; Oats;... | Fescue; Grass seed; Ryegrass... | No | Sunday, May 27, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Copies of photographs; Deed; Mortgage records; Family history narrative; Copy of entry from "The Centennial History of Oregon"; Newspaper article; Aerial photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Michigan | 2 | ||||||
CFR0395 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Read, Hankerson & Jane Read | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 4971, Claim # 63 | No | No | Polk & Yamhill |
North Line of Polk County and South Line of Yamhill County |
No | Original homestead site. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 60 acres of original farm in present farm. Chain of ownership: Hankerson & Jane Read to Malinda Ann (daughter) & James Syron to Minnie Pearl Syron (granddaughter) & Alfred Hill to Glenn Hill (greatgrandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0408 | 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 |
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0409 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John Ceton | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
CFR0410 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baskett, George Johnston | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration forms. Registration Century Farm Celebration dated september 6, 1960. Applicant writes that the farm is "106" years old. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0376 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bell, George Cyrus & Mary Ann DeLong Bell | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
Midway between Oak Grove and Bethel |
No | No |
320 acres in original farm. 158 acres in present farm. At time of application, the farm was in probate and the heirs intended to sell the farm to settle the estate of Julia (Bell) Jones. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Ohio | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1167 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Werth, Frederick Johan August | 1909 | 630.00 | 100.00 | 90 | Yes | No | No |
T 6S, R 7W, S 8 |
Polk |
1/4 mile north on Hwy 22 of the intersection of Hwys 18/22 at Valley Junction. |
7 Miles | Willaminia | Werth, Dennis R.; Werth, Elmer M. | No | Cereal grains; Hay; Timber;... | Cereal grains; Grass seed;... | No | Monday, May 24, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Land claim map; Topographic map of property; Warranty deed; Mortgage documents; Property boundary maps; List of photographs; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson & Great-grandson | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0411 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John C. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 |