Howard County
Howard Century Farms
The Missouri Century Farm Program celebrates the lasting contributions farmers and ranchers have made to our country’s and state’s heritage. In 1976, the Centennial Farm project was initiated in Missouri, awarding certificates to persons owning farms that had been in the same family for 100 years or more. The following guidelines are used for the selection and recognition of Missouri Century Farms.
- The same family must have owned the farm for 100 consecutive years or more as of Dec. 31 of the application year.
- The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may be through children, grandchildren, siblings and nephews and nieces, including through marriage or adoption.
- The present farm shall consist of no less than 40 acres of the original land and shall make a financial contribution to the overall farm income.
To learn more about the program and the application process, visit the Missouri Century Farms website.
Howard County Century Farms
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Acquisition year, family name, acres and certification year
Acquisition year First name Last name # of acres Certification date 1812 Nannie May Hughes 300 1/1/1998 1815 Mary M. Payne 1/1/1976 1816 John D. Williams 1/1/1976 1818 Robert Britton 1/1/1976 1819 Duane Snell 1/1/1976 1819 Ruth Zeigler 1/1/1976 1819 James C., Jr. Denneny 189 1/1/1997 1823 William Taylor Spence 1/1/1976 1825 Omer Foley 1/1/1976 1833 W. W. Harvey 1/1/1976 1834 Willella Williams 1/1/1976 1835 Opal Kilgore 1/1/1976 1835 Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Williams 1/1/1976 1840 Calvin Dougherty 1/1/1976 1843 Robin Biswell Pettijohn 1/1/1976 1844 Ed Dickey 1/1/1976 1844 Miss Esther Hume 1/1/1976 1844 Connie Shay 1/1/1976 1848 Kenneth Yaeger 1/1/1976 1852 Paul M. Ballew 1/1/1976 1852 Stuart R Bayse 138 5/21/2002 1852 Stuart R. Basye 138 2/28/2011 1853 Randall T. and C. Kivett 143 1/1/1997 1857 Harold Burnham 1/1/1976 1857 Hazel Pipes Young 1/1/1976 1857 Robert O. Young 320 1/1/1996 1857 Harold K Burnham 160 6/6/2006 1858 Larry Eaton 1/1/1976 1858 James B. Snell 1/1/1976 1864 John Rhea Gibbs 1/1/1976 1865 Roy White 1/1/1976 1869 Thomas T. Hall 1/1/1976 1871 Charles w. Denny 1/1/1976 1871 Della Mae Todd Hudson 1/1/1976 1875 John and Peggy Vaughn 140 1/1/1998 1876 J. Y. Miller 1/1/1976 1881 Mary Lee Haviland 183 2/17/2005 1884 Harry Dougherty 315 4/15/2005 1887 William James Quint 115 5/1/2008 1890 Norma Jean Gilmo Hill 319 1/1/1998 1892 Elsie Hendrix 80 1/1/1996 1892 Anthony Westhues 98 6/28/2000 1893 Charles Coutts 248 1/1/1993 1893 Anthony and Aile Thies 198 1/1/1993 1896 Mary Lou Cross Brown 80 1/1/1996 1898 Sam S. Magruder 160 1/1/1998 1899 John Fleck 128 5/7/1999 1899 Martha Hutchison Ferry 396 6/2/1999 1899 Elizabeth Brown 635 3/27/2001 1900 Ray Peacher 183 7/1/2002 1907 Andy Joe Meyer 311 5/16/2007 1908 Cleveland T. Hargis 127 5/1/2008 1910 Robert J. Schafer 137 2/14/2011 Dewey Dougherty 1/1/1976 Miller Eaton 1/1/1976 Lee Gose 1/1/1976 Mary B McKee Hammond 1/1/1976 Reuben Hume 1/1/1976 Mrs Laurence S. Jackson 1/1/1976 Dorothy Burton Jankowsky 1/1/1976 Lilburn L. Kingsbury 1/1/1976 Mildred Basye Leach 1/1/1976 Arthur D. Potter 1/1/1976 James B. Potter 1/1/1976 Mrs Austin Robertson 1/1/1976 Elizabeth Potter Sinclair 1/1/1976 John E. Stapleton 1/1/1976 William Jr. Trester 1/1/1976 Prewitt Turner, Jr 1/1/1976 Marion Walker 1/1/1976 John G Davis 1/1/1986 Marie Potter Henry 1/1/1986 Wm Nordmeyer 1/1/1986 John D. and Eva J. Williams 1/1/1986 Charles Tommy Williams 1/1/1986