Century Farm List

The Century Farm Program

To qualify for the century farm designation, the farm must have been owned by the same family for 100 or more years by July 4, of the year.
The farm must contain at least 80 acres of the original farm and the present owner must be related to the original owner.
The century farm program is sponsored by the Farm Bureau and the agriculture department.
The owners receive certificates from the Iowa department of agriculture and markers for their fences from the Iowa Farm Bureau federation.
The deadline for farmers to apply for the designation is Dec.
31 each year.

~Facts gathered by volunteer, Mary Holub

~Above photo by Sharon R. Becker, IAGenWeb Volunteer

PLYMOUTH COUNTY CENTURY FARMS

~Source: 1998 Plymouth Co. Heritage Book

~Source: Additional Plymouth County Century Farms list for years 1998-2010

Deed Ownership - Mailing Address of Owners at the time of Century Farm certification	Yr Purchased	Yr Century Farm Certificate	Orig. Owner
Ahlers, Andrew & Angela - Remsen	1878	1979
Ahlers, John - LeMars	1908	2008
Ahlers, Paul & Mary; Jim & Rosie; Nick & Deb Staab	1908	2011
Ahlers, Robert - LeMars	1908	2008
Ahrendsen, Marion & Melvin - Merrill	1906	2007
Ahrendsen, Melvin - Merrill	1889	2003
Albert, Daniel & Julie - LeMars	1906	2006
Albert, David William - LeMars	1885	1985
Albert, Janice - Hinton	1870	1976
Albert, M. Janice - LeMars	1906	2006
Allen, Mrs. Lois Harnack - Remsen	1879	1984
Arens, Mrs. Elvira - Remsen	1883	1983
Arens, Keith A. - Remsen	1894	1995
Ashlane Dairy Farm, Inc. - LeMars	1882	1982
Bailey, Hildred A. - Remsen	1881	1981
Bainbridge, Craig - Kingsley	1900	2005
Barker, Norman - Ireton	1893	1983
Barkley, Laurence J. - Sioux City	1906	2006
Bauer, Carl H. & Elsea - Pierson	1884	1984
Becker, Alma - Hinton	1870	1976
Becker, Dorothea - Hinton	1870	1976
Becker, Gene - Hinton	1870	1976
Becker, John - LeMars	1873	1976
Becker, Robert & Leona - LeMars	1906	2006
Beelner, Cynthia - Kingsley	1903	2008
Behning, Mary F. - Remsen	1881	1981
Beitelspacher, Dean & Diane - LeMars	1893	1993
Bergin, Ralph - LeMars	1867	1976
Binneboese, Harold - Hinton	1882	1985
Blackburn, Byron Wesley - Pierson	1908	2008
Bleich, Dorothy - Remsen	1881	1981
Blighton, Carolyn Thomson - Kingsley	1887	1987
Bogenrief, James & Kathleen - Merrill	1871	1976
Bogh, Myrne - Remsen	1876	1976
Bohnenkamp, Robert - LeMars	1905	2005
Bolton, Valaria - Kingsley	1907	2007
Bonnes, Mrs. Gea - Hinton	1877	1985
Borchers, Mark Lynn - Akron	1882	1985
Brauch, Paul A. & Mary C. - LeMars	1877	1978
Brehm, James - Merrill	1873	1976
Britt, Joyce & Dennis - LeMars	1909	2009
Brodie, Malcolm & Beverly - Akron	1911	2011
Brown, Shirley - Kingsley	1884	2004
Brown, Virginia - Merrill	1884	1984	Charles Brown
Bruning, Darrell E. - Kingsley	1883	1984
Bruning, Terrance L. - Kingsley	1883	1984
Bunkers, Steve - Remsen	1893	1994
Burkard, Ronald & Delores - LeMars	1900	2007
Carel, Barbara - Hinton	1884	1984
Carel, Rev. William - Hinton	1884	1984
Carlson, Arthur Bruce - Sioux City	1896	1997
Clark, Pat - Akron	1888	1993
Connor, Katherine - LeMars	1871	1976
Conover, John - Ireton	1880	2011
Creasey, Elaine - Kingsley	1884	2008
Cronin, Paula - Remsen	1899	2007
Cronin, Robert J. & Paula A. - LeMars	1901	2001
Crouch, Lloyd - Westfield	1872	1976
Culler, Julie - Kingsley	1903	2008
Davis, Sharon K. - Akron	1898	2002
Delperdang, Donald - Remsen	1881	1981
Dolan, Jo Ann - Akron	1898	2003
Dorr, Eugene L. - Remsen	1894	1995
Dry Farm - Merrill	1885	1990
Dugan, Marilyn A. - Kingsley	1883	1984
Elliot, G. Bruce - Hinton	1871	1976
Erichsen, George L. - Remsen	1886	1986
Feeney, Mary E. - Kingsley	1878	1984
Feller, Darlene Ruhland - Hinton	1905	2006
Flannery, Arthur - Hinton	1872	1976
Flannery, Arthur - Hinton	1871	1988
Flannery, Tom - Hinton	1868	1976
Flannery, Tom Jr. & Kristy - Hinton	1869	1988
Flannery, Tom W. & Genevieve - Hinton	1869	1988
Freking, Gregg - LeMars	1905	2005
Frerichs, Herbert & Margaret - Akron	1899	2006
Frerichs, Kenneth & Arlene	1877	1977
Friedrich, Mrs. Herman C. - Akron	1883	1987
Gabel, Eva M. - LeMars	1910?	2010
Gengler, Gerald & Jeanette Hohbach	1909	2011
Grage, Lee - Remsen	1888	1988
Graham, Mr. & Mrs. Norman - Sioux City	1872	1983
Groetken, Mrs. Gerkard - LeMars	1875	1976
Groetken, Leo - LeMars	1876	1996
Groetken Farms Inc., Philip J. Groetken - Maurice	1891	1991
Grubb, Vernon - Kingsley	1884	1999
Grubb, Vernon & Nancy - Kingsley	1900	2003
Hahn, Samuel & Juanita - Merrill	1890	1995
Haines, Darlene - LeMars	1860	1978	William Schumann
Hansen, Allan E. - Remsen	1891	1993
Hansen, Curtis & Barbara - Remsen	1876	1992
Hansen, Kay L. (Vondrak) - Hinton	1884	1997
Hardie, William D. Jr. - Pierson	1885	1986
Harlowe, Joan - Akron	1888	1993
Harms, Gladys - LeMars	1882	1984
Harnack, Vance A. - Remsen	1884	1984
Harpenau, Marlene - LeMars	1881	2005
Harrington, Farrel & Tillie - LeMars	1883	1983	Peter Reese
Harris, Stuart - Akron	1881	1999
Hartman, Darvin - Merrill	1873	1976
Hartman, Floyd - Merrill	1873	1976
Hartter, Marie - Hinton	1876	1976
Hawkins, David & Judy - Orange City	1898	2007
Hawkins, Richard H. - LeMars	1890	1992
Heeren, Norman - LeMars	1893	1995
Heimgartner, Duane G. & Lorna - Hinton	1899	1999
Heimgartner, Harold D. - Hinton	1882	1991
Heimgartner, Robert - Hinton	1882	1991
Held, Clarence & Fern - Hinton	1866	1976
Held, Don - Hinton	1880	1985
Held, Elvin - Hinton	1880	1985
Hemenway, Beulah - Merrill	1878	1981
Hickey, Frances E. - LeMars	1882	1984
Hillrichs, Gary - Akron	1898	2003
Hodgen, John & Pat - Remsen	1906	2006
Hodgen, Martha M. - Remsen	1906	2006
Hodgson, Clayton	1876	1977
Hoffman, George - Merrill	1874	1976
Hoffman, Ken & Katherine	1862	2011
Hoffman, Thomas family - LeMars	1883	2003
Holzman, Nancy & Leon - LeMars	1895	1997
Homan, Mrs. Gerald - Remsen	1909	2009
Jaminet, Helen - Remsen	1883	1983
Jauer, Gladys J. - Hinton	1880	1990
Jessen, Eleanore Delambert - Pierson	1903	2006
Johnson, Alfred E. - Remsen	1887	1987
Johnson, Arthur H. Estate (Dale Johnson) - Remsen	1887	1987
Johnson, Bob & Sharon - LeMars	1900	2011
Johnson, Doris & John H. - Merrill	1890	1990
Johnson, John; William & Irene, Samuel, Mark Philips	1893	2011
Joy, Don LTD. - Merrill	1885	1986
Juhl, Dale - Remsen	1897	1998
Junck, Bernice - Hinton	1872	1976
Junck, Irvin - Hinton	1872	1976
Junck, Rick & Theresa - Hinton	1894	2008
Kass, Joe - Remsen	1892	1993
Keffeler, Donald - Remsen	1908	2008
Keffeler, Norma A. - Remsen	1906	2006
Kellen, Del & Lori - LeMars	1908	2011
Keunen, Jeannine - Hinton	1905	2006
Kilker, Dorothy - LeMars	1901	2006
Kleihauer, Gerhard Otto - LeMars	1884	1995
Klemme, Daryl & Louise - Akron	1881	1988
Klemme, Leslie A. & Florence - Akron	1880	1985
Klohs, Murle W. & Dolores C. - Remsen	1887	1988
Kluver, Arlan & Christine - LeMars	1892	1992
Kluver, Herman E. - Remsen	1892	1992
Knapp, Barry E. & Carolyn L. - Westfield	1893	1998
Knapp, Cyrus - Westfield	1873	1976
Knapp, Cyrus P. - Hancock Twp	1880	1980
Koch, Charlotte - Remsen	1885	1985
Koch, Melvin & Jeanette - Remsen	1885	1985
Kohler, Kenneth - Remsen	1881	1981
Konopasek, Sylvia & Donald -Remsen	1879	1988
Konz, Jane Frances - Remsen	1883	1983
Kounkel, John & Connie - Merrill	1909	2009
Kramer, Dorothy Ann - LeMars	1877	1978	John T. Keenan
Krekow, Lois C. - Remsen	1900	2000
Krogman, Pearl L. - Remsen	1893	1993
Kruse, Alfred - LeMars	1885	1995
Kruse, Claus John - LeMars	1888	1994
Kruse, Donald - LeMars	1884	1996
Kruse, Mrs. Louis - LeMars	1885	1985
Kruse, Ralph - LeMars	1885	1985
Kruse, Wendal - Remsen	1885	1985
Kuehn, Elmer & Lorine - LeMars	1882	1982
Lamoureux, Betty - Hinton	1900	2001
Lang, Harold E. - LeMars	1878	1979
Lang, Samantha Lois - Oyens	1881	1997
Langel, Joann - Hinton	1905	2006
Larson, Niels - Remsen	1894	1995
Laude, LeRoy Vincent - Kingsley	1883	1984
Laughton, George L. - LeMars	1904	2007
Lembcke, Clay - Hinton	1873	1976
Letsche, Vernon L. & Rita Kay - Remsen	1885	1985
Lewis, Eleanore M. - Akron	1888	1993
Lilly, David - Westfield	1887	1993
Lippke, Elvin & Naomi - Merrill	1899	2000
Loutsch, Anthony P. - Remsen	1891	1997
Loutsch, Bob & Leslie; Earl Loutsch - Remsen	1898	2012
Lubben, Emma T. - LeMars	1900	2000
Ludwigs, Harry J. - LeMars	1882	1983
Luken, Dorothy Marguerite - LeMars	1887	1998
Lundgren, Allen - LeMars	1881	1982
Lundgren, Robert - LeMars	1882	1984
Maass, Arnold & Kenneth - Remsen	1887	1987
Malone, Mary R. & Odessa L. Ofstad - Westfield	1900	2012
Manz, Pearl - Merrill	1876	1976
Marienau, Evelyn - Akron	1888	1996
Marienau, James - LeMars	1902	2002
Marienau, John H. - LeMars	1892	1995
Marquis, Vance B. - Remsen	1882	1987
Martin, Thomas Louis - Westfield	1893	1993
McDermott, Lawrence W. - Kingsley	1901	2001
McDougall, John - Struble	1870	1976
McFarlane, Elaine - LeMars	1885	1985
McPherson, Elizabeth - LeMars	1860	1978	William Schumann
Meehan, Susan - Kingsley	1903	2008
Menke, Marlene F. - Kingsley	1883	1984
Mocider, Daniel P. - Kingsley	1888	2000
Mocider, Paul R. & Nancy - Kingsley	1888	2000
Mocider, Robert P. & Mary Lou - Kingsley	1888	2000
Mohning, Arnold - LeMars	1875	1976
Mohning, Stanley & Blanche - LeMars	1891	1999
Molzen, Harry - Akron	1881	1983
Molzen, Leonard - LeMars	1878	1995
Moore, Marcella - LeMars	1860	1978	William Schumann
Morrissey, Ruth Sitzmann - Kingsley	1908	2008
Morton, John W. & Mildred L. - LeMars	1881	1982
Moser, Jerry & Linda - Marcus	1910?	2010
Muecke, H. Ford - Hinton	1876	1976
Muller, Francis & Mary Lou - Remsen	1899	1999
Murphy, John - LeMars	1891	1995
Murray, Alice C. - Kingsley	1895	1995
Murray, Dale F. & Betty J. - Kingsley	1886	1987
Muth, Vincent - Hawarden	1873	1979
Nafe, Verlyn - Kingsley	1895	1997
Nanninga, Rae - Hinton	1870	1976
Neunaber, Donald J. - Akron	1901	2003
Neyens, Marvin - Hinton	1884	1990
Nielsen, Darlis - Akron	1898	2003
Nilles, Lorne G. - Remsen	1879	1993
Oetken, Freda J. - Akron	1888	1996
Oetken, Sheryl M. - LeMars	1888	1997
Ortmann, Cathy Carel - Hinton	1884	1984
Osterbuhr, Helen	1872	1977
Paramore, Richard - Westfield	1887	1993
Parker, Wilma - LeMars	1860	1978	William Schumann
Pauling, Judi - LeMars	1874	1991
Perier, Cleone - Kingsley	1873	1976
Petersen, Marcella - Hinton	1880	1986
Petersen, Stanley - Sioux City	1898	2008
Pfaffle, Wayne & Janice - Remsen	1884	2008
Phelan, Leland	1872	1977
Pittman, Steven & Kathy - Kingsley	1894	2006
Pittman, Jim - Kingsley	1894	2006
Plendl, Robert D. - Kingsley	1910	2012
Plueger, Lucille M. - LeMars	1893	1995
Plueger, Melvin & Joan, Helen Plueger - LeMars	1900	2013
Poeckes, David & Becky - Remsen	1908	2011
Porsch, John F. - Kingsley	1892	2001
Portz, Orville & Joan - Remsen	1878	1979
Prairie Fields, Inc.	1910?	2010
Puhl, Roseen M. - LeMars	1878	1978	Nick Schlesser
Radloff, Larry D. - LeMars	1896	2012
Raetz, Margaret - Remsen	1882	1983
Raveling, Hildegarde Estate - Remsen	1890	1995
Reichel, Anna Catherine - LeMars	1892	1992
Reinking, David & Peggy	1912	2012
Renken, Walter & Edith - LeMars	1899	2004
Richards, Reginald R. Jr. - LeMars	1882	1984
Richards, Reginald R. Sr. - LeMars	1882	1984
Richards, William - LeMars	1882	1984
Richardson, Keith M. & Marilyn - Kingsley	1914	2014
Riediger, Warren - Hinton	1875	1976
Roepke, Eldon & Rowena - Kingsley	1899	2000
Rolfes, Kenneth C. - LeMars	1889	1995
Rolling, Jerry & Eilene - Remsen	1910	2014
Ross, Leo J. - Akron	1877	1983
Rowe, Dean & Jean P. - LeMars	1886	1995
Ruba, Roman & Harold - Remsen	1887	1988
Ruhland, Blue - Hinton	1905	2006
Ruhland, Ellen, Douglas & Susie - Remsen	1908	2013
Ruhland, Norbert - Hinton	1905	2006
Russell, Eugene & Edna - LeMars	1906	2006
Sayre, Susan K. Greenwald - Hinton	1892	2002
Scheel, John - Remsen	1881	2000
Scheitler, Bill Jr. & Dorothy - LeMars	1881	1991
Schiltz, Donald - Remsen	1887	1987
Schmidt, Russell & Donna - Ireton	1890	2011
Schneider, Donald - Hinton	1856	1976
Schneider, Dwight - Merrill	1864	1976
Schneider, Glenn - Hinton	1864	1976
Schneider, Harold - Hinton	1866	1976
Schneider, John A. - LeMars	1884	1985
Schneider, Sylvia - LeMars	1884	1985
Schnepf, Loren & Sandy - LeMars	1907	2009
Schnepf, Robert & Marie - LeMars	1897	1997
Schoenrock, Jerry, Phil, Douglas - LeMars	1883	1983
Schorg, Gerald - Remsen	1908	2013
Schroeder, Irvin & Silverius - Remsen	1881	1981
Schrooten, Roiden - LeMars	1884	1986
Schultz, Marvin M. - Merrill	1878	1981
Singer, Dora - LeMars	1874	1991
Sitzmann, Annette - Hinton	1905	2006
Sitzmann, Dolores - Hinton	1893	1996
Sitzmann, Dolores, Earl & Olive - Kingsley	1896	1996
Sitzmann, Emmett & Lucy - Kingsley	1908	2011
Sitzmann, Lew & Jean - Kingsley	1899	2008
Skotvold, Aurel Jean - LeMars	1897	1997
Smith, Virgil J. & Mary O. - Akron	1887	1988
Southwick, Emma R. - Kingsley	1884	1984
Spiecker, Elaine C. - Remsen	1881	2000
Spies, Dwight - Merrill	1874	1976
Spies, Fern - Merrill	1874	1976
Spies, Leland - Merrill	1874	1976
Staab, Ervin - Remsen	1881	1983
Staab, Joseph - Remsen	1878	2002
Steffen, Anna M. - Remsen	1883	1983
Steffen, Anna, Orville & Roy - Remsen	1883	1983
Stephens, Lyle R. - LeMars	1883	1985
Sudtelgte, Dale B. - Remsen	1878	1986
Susemihl, Arnold & Leora - Merrill	1885	1986
Swanson, Janice Carel - Hinton	1884	1984
Taylor, Harvey S. - LeMars	1880	1981
Taylor, Janet Gabel - Merrill	1902	2004
Taylor, Victor - Akron	1870	1976
Tentinger, Michael A. & Rochelle - Remsen	1895	1995
Tentinger, Roman - Remsen	1882	1982
Thompson, Iola - Kingsley	1899	2005
Thompson, Tommy - Kingsley	1899	2005
Thoms, Maynard - LeMars	1893	1996
Thomson, James - Kingsley	1903	2008
Thomson, (L.E. Joyce) - Kingsley	1903	2008
Thomson, Randall - Kingsley	1903	2008
Tindall, Adam Jr. - Akron	1880	1982
Tindall, Clark & Nancy - LeMars	1908	2011
Toben, Gene & Connie - Akron	1885	1986
Treinen, Bernard J. - Remsen	1881	1981
Treinen, Helen F. - Remsen	1881	1981
Treinen, Hugh - Remsen	1881	1981
Treinen, Merle & Wilma - Remsen	1881	1981
Treinen, Norman - Remsen	1891	1992
Truesdell, Jane - Kingsley	1878	1991
Utesch, Paul Max - LeMars	1884	1996
VanBuskirk, Beverly L. - LeMars	1893	1996
VanNatta, Delores J. & Joyce V. Loutsch	1901	2012
Vondrak, Joseph & E. Irene - Hinton	1890	1999
Vondrak, Larry & Peggy - Sioux City	1897	2006
Voss, Arthur J. - Akron	1897	1998
Wagner, Dan - Remsen	1909	2009
Wales, Ruth M. - Akron	1885	1987
Weber, Walter J. - LeMars	1873	1992
Weidauer, Carol - LeMars	1903	2003
Weidauer, Lloyd A. - LeMars	1903	2003
Weidauer, Timothy O. - LeMars	1903	2003
Weishaar, Roger & Sharon - LeMars	1893	2002
Weisser, Donna - Kingsley	1894	2006
Welch, Steven & LaNay - Westfield	1888	2003
Wendt, Ralph - LeMars	1880	1983
Westhoff, Louis - LeMars	1880	1999
Whitmer, Delia - Merrill	1874	1976
Wiersma, Rebecca E. - LeMars	1903	2003
Wilhelm, Hope - Sioux City	1898	2008
Willer, John L. & Dwain J. - Akron	1912	2014
Wilsbacher, Mr. & Mrs. William - Hinton	1872	1976
Winquist, John M. - Akron	1888	1993
Winter, Rudolph - Sioux City	1869	1976
Witt, Dale - Remsen	1891	1995
Wolf, James L. - LeMars	1882	1994
Woll, Lawrence T. & Jeanne M. - LeMars	1887	1989
Woockmann, Ruth - LeMars	1874	1991
Woolworth, Douglas Lee - Hinton	1889	1994

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