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 NameCityTownshipOrg Purchase Date
ALLISONMACOMBCHALMERS1835
ALTONADAIRELDORADO1856
BAINTERMACOMBBETHEL1876
BLOOMERMACOMBNEW SALEM1840
BRYANMACOMBMACOMB1863
BRYANMACOMBMACOMB1867
BYERSROSEVILLEWALNUT GROVE1887
CHENEYPLYMOUTHLAMOINE1867
COCHRANGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1856
COKERMACOMBSCOTLAND1869
COMBSSCIOTASCIOTA1874
COOKSCIOTASCIOTA1891
CUBATENNESSEETENNESSEE1860
DEEMSSCIOTASCIOTA1858
DOLLBUSHNELLMOUND1869
DONERPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1876
DUNSETHSCIOTASCIOTA1900
EAKLECOLCHESTERHIRE1853
ELWELLADAIRNEW SALEM1854
ENGLANDMACOMBBLANDINSVILLE1870
FLACKMACOMBMACOMB1857
FLACKCOLCHESTERHIRE1901
FOSTERBLANDINVILLEHIRE1851
FOUTSKEWANEEMOUND1856
GEERPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1870
GRIGGGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1855
HAINLINESCIOTASCIOTA1837
HAINLINESCIOTAEMMET1839
HAMMONDADAIRNEW SALEM1891
HAMMONDTABLE GROVENEW SALEM1866
HAMMONDTABLE GROVENEW SALEM1859
HAVENSBUSHNELLBUSNELL1850
HAVENSMARIETTAMOUND1867
HEIDENRIECHMACOMBCHALMERS1888
HENSLEYBLANDINSVILLEBLANDINSVILLE1908
HOYTCOLCHESTERCOLCHESTER1882
HUDSONGOOD HOPESCIOTA1909
HUGHESMACOMBEMMET1838
HUNSLEYMACOMBSCOTLAND1863
HUNTCOLCHESTERCOLCHESTER1863
HUSTONBLANDINSVILLEBLANDINSVILLE1852
HUSTONBLANDINSVILLEBLADENSVILLE1852
IRISHCOLCHESTERTENNESSEE1843
JEFFERSONCOLCHESTERHIRE1863
KEITHLEYBLANDINSVILLEHIRE1878
KELSOMACOMBMACOMB1866
KELSOADAIRNEW SALEM1901
KIMBLEMACOMBMOUND1864
KLINEMACOMBEMMET1864
KOSTMACOMBBETHEL1907
LAWYERINDUSTRYINDUSTRY1870
LESTERMACOMBMACOMB1868
LEWISTENNESSEETENNESSEE1840
LEWISMACOMBEMMET1846
LEWISBLANDINSVILLEHIRE1852
LOBERBLANDINSVILLEBLANDINSVILLE1865
LUSTERBLANDINSVILLEHIRE1891
MARINERPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1855
MCCLURECOLCHESTERTENNESSEE1844
MCDONALDMACOMBSCOTLAND1859
MCDONALDMACOMBSCOTLAND1859
MCGREWPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1862
MCGREWPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1862
MCKEEMACOMBMACOMB1885
MCRAVENMACOMBSCOTTLAND1835
MERIWETHERBLANDINSVILLEBLANDINSVILLE1855
MURPHYBUSHNELLMOUND1883
NELSONVERMONTELORADO1852
NELSONCOLCHESTEREMMET1833
NULLCOLCHESTERHIRE1860
NULLCOLCHESTERHIRE1909
PATRICKMACOMBSCOTLAND1852
PAYNEGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1870
PHELPSPLYMOUTHBETHEL1844
PHELPSPLYMOUTHBETHEL1844
POLLOCKGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1836
REXROAT ESTATEADAIRNEW SALEM1885
RIGGINSMACOMB
RINEHARTSCIOTASCIOTA1863
ROBBMACOMBSCOTLAND1867
ROBBINSGOOD HOPESCIOTA1874
ROBINSONBUSHNELLMOUND1880
RUEBUSHMACOMBEMMET1904
RUEBUSHSCIOTASCIOTA1880
RUGGLESPLYMOUTHLAMOINE1905
RUNYANBUSHNELLBUSHNELL1860
RUSSELLADAIRELDORADO1889
SCHWERERBLANDINSVILLEHIRE1900
SELLARSTUCSONNEW SALEM1865
SMITHGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1863
SMITHADAIRNEW SALEM1882
SOWERSCOLCHESTERHIRE1863
SULLIVANMACOMBEMMET1867
SULLIVANMACOMBEMMET1867
SWEDELLADAIRNEW SALEM1861
SWEDELLADAIRNEW SALEM1914
SWIGARTMACOMBSCOTLAND1854
VANCECOLCHESTERCHALTHERS1879
WALDENPEORIAMOUND1876
WALKERMACOMBSCOTLAND1835
WALTERPRAIRIE CITYPRAIRIE CITY1884
WATSONMACOMBSCOTLAND1840
WATSONMACOMBSCOTLAND1862
WATSONMACOMBSCOTLAND1848
WEBBTENNESSEETENNESSEE1888
WILEYMACOMBMACOMB1853
WILLEGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1864
WISSLEADSCIOTASCIOTA1855
WISSLEADSCIOTASCIOTA1855
WORMANGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1877
YOUNGGOOD HOPEWALNUT GROVE1876
YOUNGPENNINGTON POINTSCOTLAND1849