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Centennial Farm is a farm or ranch in the United States that has been
officially recognized by a state documenting the farm has been continuously
owned by a single family for 100 years or more. Sesquicentennial Farms (150
years) and Bicentennial Farms (200 years) are also recognized.
During
the Kentucky Bicentennial (1992) Kentucky
started a “Heritage Farm Program” that recognized historic farms and ranches.
The Kentucky legislature passed a law in 1980, revised July 15, 1982, titled
“Kentucky Register of Heritage Farms” (Ky. Rev. Stat. 171.388) stating that to qualify a farm must comprise
at least 40 acres, shall have been owned by the same family at least 100 years,
be an active farm, and contain a structure more than 50 years old. Farms are certified by the Kentucky Heritage
Council, in conjunction with the State Preservation Office. An official
certificate is issued and signed by the Governor and various officials.
Ohio County
is blessed with two Sesquicentennial
Farms and five Centennial Farms. The following information is “as of” the
year 2000 and taken from a book titled: Kentucky’s Historic Farms: 200 years Of Kentucky
Agriculture, Turner Publishing, Inc. Paducah, published 1994, 1996, and
2000. Authors were Clark
Ph.D., Thomas; Beatty, Durwood W; Jarratt, C. Ardell; Amos, Christine; Hudson,
Karen E.
OHIO COUNTY CENTENNIAL FARMS
6.
IGLEHEART
FARMS: The
Igleheart Farms, located in Centertown,
Kentucky, is owned by Rexford and
Margaret Ann Igleheart. The farm was originally purchased on March 20, 1865 by
William B. Igleheart, great-grandfather. David B. Igleheart, great-uncle,
purchased the farm on August 1901. In
1965 the farm was inherited by George Igleheart, cousin. Rex and Margaret
purchased the farm on June 4, 1965.
The
original purchase included 70 or 71 ½ acres. Of the original purchase all of
the the acreage is presently retained. The farm now consists of approximately
1,400 acres and all is actively farmed. They raise corn, soybeans, tobacco and
hay.
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