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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CFR1125 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Babson, Sydney and Babson, Rea | Avalon Orchards | 1908 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 42 | No | No | No |
T 1S, R 10E, S 8 |
Hood River |
4676 Hutson Dr., Parkdale, OR |
2 miles | Parkdale | Avalon Orchards Inc.; Blaine, Rick; Blaine, Sydney; Blaine, Heather | No | Farm house (c1908); barn (... | Apples; Pears; Strawberries | Varieties of pears: D'... | No | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Handwritten note; Mortgage record |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Granddaughter | New Jersey | 1 | |||||||
CFR1260 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alois & Ceclia Beitel | The Beitel Farm | 1915 | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160 | No | No | No |
T8S R1W S36 |
Marion |
14686 Coon Hollow Rd. SE Stayton OR 97383 |
1/2 mile | Sublimity | John J Beitel and son John R. Beitel | No | Built in 1900; damaged by... | Cows, sheep, pigs, horses,... | Chewings Fescue; Perennial... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application materials in total |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson John J great grandson John R | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0087 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Marrs, Lafayette | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas | Shibley, Everett A. | No | no | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Grass seed, beef cattle,... | No |
114.9 acres in original farm. 740 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Arkansas | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1198 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Adelman, John | Duck Inn Group, LLC | 1904 | 21.40 | 116.95 | 116.95 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
5S R2W S35 |
Marion |
12017 Duck Inn Rd. NE Gervais OR 97026 |
1 mile | Gervais, OR | Adelman, Jim; Adelman, Dan; Adelman, Ed; Adelman, Pat; Adelman, Carl; Adelman, Joe | No | First house on property was... | Cherries; Filberts;... | Alder pulp; Bush beans;... | No | Monday, April 22, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Map of property; Farm history timeline; Deed of original sale; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandsons | German | German/Hungarian | 1 | |||||
CFR0005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belknap, Ransom A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
near the town of Monroe |
Belknap, Foster G. | No | House built in 1855 remains,... | No |
Part of the farm was sold during the years, but the 40 acres where the original home was placed is owned by applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
There is a letter by M. M. Belknap who supports his brother's claim to Century Farm status. Letter contains some family history information. Notarized ownership document; Letter from M. M. Belknap; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
Yes | No | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR1141 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Knox, Mary Ellen and Arthur | 1900 | 141.00 | 160.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T S1, R 4W, S 16 |
Washington |
50519 S.W. Scoggins Valley Rd, Gaston, OR 97119 |
4.5 miles | Gaston | No | Hay; Oats; Turnips; Beef... | Timber | No | Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 2009 |
Handwritten family history narrative; Deed records; Tax lot map; Copy of aerial photo; Warranty deed; Crop boundary map; Land purchase contract; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Daughter of Fred & Clara Knox; granddaughter of Mary Ellen and Arthur Knox. Other legal owners are Doris' daughters - Karen Sue Childers and Carol Ellen Childers. | Buxton-Manning area (homesteaded in 1888. | N/A | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0719 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kuhl, Peter & Julia | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Kuhl, Philip J., Jr. | No | Ice house and smith shop. | Shorthorn cattle, hay, swine... | Shorthorn cattle, sheep,... | No |
Henry R. Sels was a merchant and prominent figure in early Canyon City. "His daughter, Julia Sels Kuhl, married Peter Kuhl in 1878." (1) NOTE 1: Information for update was provided by the Grant County Historical Society, 8/16/2000. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt of Peter Kuhl from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties"; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0285 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bacon, Henry Nieman; Bacon, Virginia Smithson Winniford | Turkey Crick Ranch | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 26 R 6 along the Umpqua River. |
Douglas | Bacon, John Gerald | No | no | Apples, cherries,... | Purebred Polled Hereford... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Farm history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Greene County, Tennessee | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0978 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Koehnke, John | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Ludwig and Ida Schwanke |
1 S Range 5 W Section 27 |
Washington |
5.5 miles south of Cornelius on Dixon Mill Rd. |
Koehnke, John N. | No | None of the original... | Dairy cows, Grain, Oats,... | Wheat, Oats, Clover | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Public notice; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0190 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, L. Richard | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane |
580 Luckey Lane, Eugene |
Everson, Esther Jane; Scott, John G. | No | no | Grain, hay, sheep, hogs. | Livestock, hay, grain, walnut... | No |
822 acres in original farm. 268 acres in present farm |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great great Uncle | Mascouche, Canada | 3 |