Several local families earn Hoosier Homestead Award Wednesday

(INDIANAPOLIS) – Several local families are being recognized with the Hoosier Homestead Award. 

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture presented 95 families with the award during the State Fair on Wednesday. 

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years and consist of more than 20 acres. If less than 20 acres, the farm must produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products per year. 

Indiana farms may qualify for three honors: Centennial Award for 100 years of ownership, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years of ownership and the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

Local families who earned the award:

Dearborn

Connolly - Hartman

1924

Centennial

Decatur:

Spillman

1825

Centennial, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial

Franklin:

Meyer

1863

Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Ripley:

Braunagel	1872	Centennial & Sesquicentennial
Rea	1923	Centennial

Rush:

Ball	1924	Centennial
Harcourt I Boring I Carrigan	1857	Centennial & Sesquicentennial
Meal	1825	Bicentennial

Switzerland:

Dennis & Sue Briggs

1825

Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial