Harford Legacy Farms
Ruffs Chance Farm, Bel Air
Why is 100 years of family ownership something worth celebrating? The answer is simple. Because it’s hard.
The Farmers & Community Partnership of Harford County and its members, especially the Harford Community College, Harford County Farm Bureau, Harford Soil Conservation District, Harford Land Trust, and Harford County Government, worked to identify, recognize, and celebrate Harford Legacy Farms in 2022 and 2023 in celebration of Harford County’s 250th anniversary.
Farm families were asked to self-nominate their properties as Legacy Farms on the basis of the following three criteria.
- Continuously owned by the same family for 100 years or more
- At least 10 acres of the original purchase, and
- Actively farmed
Harford Legacy Farm Commemorative Booklet
Sixty-one of Harford County’s Legacy Farms were recognized at a celebration on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the Harford County Equestrian Center. This modest history of Harford Legacy Farms was prepared and shared at the celebration as a tribute to our agricultural community.
Commemorative Booklets are available for $10 at the HLT office (22 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Suite 2 Bel Air, MD 21014) and the Harford County Agricultural Center (3525 Conowingo Rd Suite 700, Street, MD 21154).
Harford Legacy Farms
As of June 1, 2023
- 1684 – Ruff’s Chance Farm* – Bel Air
- 1721 – Flintville Farms* – Whiteford
- 1728 – Rigdon Farms Inc.* – Jarrettsville
- 1741 – The Vineyard* – Bel Air
- 1744 – Woodview* – Bel Air
- 1747 – Broom’s Bloom and Mount Adams Farms* – Bel Air
- Mid-1700s – Eden Manor Farm* – Forest Hill
- 1750 – Swansbury* – Aberdeen
- 1761 – Newark Farms* – White Hall
- 1769 – Whiteford’s Desire* – Whiteford
- 1783 – Friendship Enlarged Farm – Jarrettsville
- 1785 – Rutledge Brick House Farm* – Jarrettsville
- 1787 – Septerra Farm* – Pylesville
- 1793 – The Wright Farm* – Pylesville
- 1794 – The Wright Place* – White Hall
- 1806 – Homelands Farm* – Churchville
- 1825 – Sunnyside Farm* – White Hall
- 1828 – Barrow Farm* – Forest Hill
- 1839 – Baker-Scarborough Farm
- 1841 – Belvedere Farm* – Fallston
- 1842 – Shaw Orchard* – White Hall
- 1850 – Holloway Brothers* – Darlington
- 1855 – Olney Farm* – Joppa
- 1870 – West Wind Farm* – Fallston
- 1874 – Wildfell* – Darlington
- 1878 – Emory Knoll Farm* – Street
- 1879 – Harford Creamery Farm* – White Hall
- 1880 – Oaklea Farm* – Street
- 1886 – Trial Run Farm* – Forest Hill
- 1889 – Hillside Farm* – Darlington
- The 1890s – My Lady’s Manor* – Monkton
- 1891 – Grier Nursery* – Forest Hill
- 1895 – Galbreath Farm* – Street
- 1898 – Phillips Family Farm* – Street
- 1900 – Markline Farm* – Aberdeen
- The early 1900s – Hilldale Farm* – Street
- 1902 – Sunnyside* – Whiteford
- 1902 – The Willows at Lowe Point Farm* – Pylesville
- 1904 – Andy’s Eggs and Poultry* – Fallston
- 1904 – Meadow Branch Farm* – Forest Hill
- 1905 – Harkins Hill Farm* – Forest Hill
- 1905 – Stewart Farm* – Street
- 1906 – Model Farm* – Fallston
- 1907 – Archer Farm* – Bel Air
- 1907 – B.G.S. Jourdan and Sons* – Darlington
- 1908 – Grimmel Farm* – Jarrettsville
- 1909 – Ady Acres* – Street
- 1909 – Cummings Farm* – Street
- 1909 – Residence Farm* – Bel Air
- Before 1910 – Levering Line Farm – Fallston
- 1913 – Quietness Farm* – White Hall
- 1914 – Scarborough Farm – Churchville
- 1918 – Woolsey Farm* – Churchville
- 1919 – Chestnut Hill Farm – Forest Hill
- 1919 – Harrison Farm* – Pylesville
- 1919 – Old Bay Farm* – Havre de Grace
- 1919 – Patrick Meadows Farm – Darlington
- 1920 – Heaps Family LLC* – Street
- 1921 – Little Deer Creek Farm* – Street
- 1922 – Rockey Farm* – Street
- 1923 – Martha’s Farm Market / Ma & Pa Holsteins* – Street
- 1923 – Wilmar Farm* – Fallston
- 1923 – Locust Hill Farm* – Churchville
- 1924 – The Halsey Family Farm* – Street
- 1924 – Duncale Farm – Joppa
*Permanently preserved farm
Interested in becoming a Legacy Farm?
The Farmers & Community Partnership of Harford County is exploring ways to continue the program beyond Harford County’s 250th anniversary year (2022-2023) for any farms that reach the 100 year milestone in the coming years. Contact us to let us know if you are a Legacy Farm or will become one soon.
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