The Illinois Heritage Farms Program honors generations of farmers who have worked to maintain family farms in Illinois. This program is administered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture and information to apply is available below.

Below are the farms from McDonough County that have qualified for the program.

ILLINOIS HERITAGE FARMS PROGRAM

Family Name	City	Township	Org Purchase Date
ALLISON	MACOMB	CHALMERS	1835
ALTON	ADAIR	ELDORADO	1856
BAINTER	MACOMB	BETHEL	1876
BLOOMER	MACOMB	NEW SALEM	1840
BRYAN	MACOMB	MACOMB	1863
BRYAN	MACOMB	MACOMB	1867
BYERS	ROSEVILLE	WALNUT GROVE	1887
CHENEY	PLYMOUTH	LAMOINE	1867
COCHRAN	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1856
COKER	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1869
COMBS	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1874
COOK	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1891
CUBA	TENNESSEE	TENNESSEE	1860
DEEMS	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1858
DOLL	BUSHNELL	MOUND	1869
DONER	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1876
DUNSETH	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1900
EAKLE	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1853
ELWELL	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1854
ENGLAND	MACOMB	BLANDINSVILLE	1870
FLACK	MACOMB	MACOMB	1857
FLACK	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1901
FOSTER	BLANDINVILLE	HIRE	1851
FOUTS	KEWANEE	MOUND	1856
GEER	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1870
GRIGG	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1855
HAINLINE	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1837
HAINLINE	SCIOTA	EMMET	1839
HAMMOND	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1891
HAMMOND	TABLE GROVE	NEW SALEM	1866
HAMMOND	TABLE GROVE	NEW SALEM	1859
HAVENS	BUSHNELL	BUSNELL	1850
HAVENS	MARIETTA	MOUND	1867
HEIDENRIECH	MACOMB	CHALMERS	1888
HENSLEY	BLANDINSVILLE	BLANDINSVILLE	1908
HOYT	COLCHESTER	COLCHESTER	1882
HUDSON	GOOD HOPE	SCIOTA	1909
HUGHES	MACOMB	EMMET	1838
HUNSLEY	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1863
HUNT	COLCHESTER	COLCHESTER	1863
HUSTON	BLANDINSVILLE	BLANDINSVILLE	1852
HUSTON	BLANDINSVILLE	BLADENSVILLE	1852
IRISH	COLCHESTER	TENNESSEE	1843
JEFFERSON	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1863
KEITHLEY	BLANDINSVILLE	HIRE	1878
KELSO	MACOMB	MACOMB	1866
KELSO	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1901
KIMBLE	MACOMB	MOUND	1864
KLINE	MACOMB	EMMET	1864
KOST	MACOMB	BETHEL	1907
LAWYER	INDUSTRY	INDUSTRY	1870
LESTER	MACOMB	MACOMB	1868
LEWIS	TENNESSEE	TENNESSEE	1840
LEWIS	MACOMB	EMMET	1846
LEWIS	BLANDINSVILLE	HIRE	1852
LOBER	BLANDINSVILLE	BLANDINSVILLE	1865
LUSTER	BLANDINSVILLE	HIRE	1891
MARINER	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1855
MCCLURE	COLCHESTER	TENNESSEE	1844
MCDONALD	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1859
MCDONALD	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1859
MCGREW	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1862
MCGREW	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1862
MCKEE	MACOMB	MACOMB	1885
MCRAVEN	MACOMB	SCOTTLAND	1835
MERIWETHER	BLANDINSVILLE	BLANDINSVILLE	1855
MURPHY	BUSHNELL	MOUND	1883
NELSON	VERMONT	ELORADO	1852
NELSON	COLCHESTER	EMMET	1833
NULL	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1860
NULL	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1909
PATRICK	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1852
PAYNE	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1870
PHELPS	PLYMOUTH	BETHEL	1844
PHELPS	PLYMOUTH	BETHEL	1844
POLLOCK	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1836
REXROAT ESTATE	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1885
RIGGINS	MACOMB
RINEHART	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1863
ROBB	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1867
ROBBINS	GOOD HOPE	SCIOTA	1874
ROBINSON	BUSHNELL	MOUND	1880
RUEBUSH	MACOMB	EMMET	1904
RUEBUSH	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1880
RUGGLES	PLYMOUTH	LAMOINE	1905
RUNYAN	BUSHNELL	BUSHNELL	1860
RUSSELL	ADAIR	ELDORADO	1889
SCHWERER	BLANDINSVILLE	HIRE	1900
SELLARS	TUCSON	NEW SALEM	1865
SMITH	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1863
SMITH	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1882
SOWERS	COLCHESTER	HIRE	1863
SULLIVAN	MACOMB	EMMET	1867
SULLIVAN	MACOMB	EMMET	1867
SWEDELL	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1861
SWEDELL	ADAIR	NEW SALEM	1914
SWIGART	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1854
VANCE	COLCHESTER	CHALTHERS	1879
WALDEN	PEORIA	MOUND	1876
WALKER	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1835
WALTER	PRAIRIE CITY	PRAIRIE CITY	1884
WATSON	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1840
WATSON	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1862
WATSON	MACOMB	SCOTLAND	1848
WEBB	TENNESSEE	TENNESSEE	1888
WILEY	MACOMB	MACOMB	1853
WILLE	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1864
WISSLEAD	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1855
WISSLEAD	SCIOTA	SCIOTA	1855
WORMAN	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1877
YOUNG	GOOD HOPE	WALNUT GROVE	1876
YOUNG	PENNINGTON POINT	SCOTLAND	1849