The West Virginia Century Farm Program is designed to recognize those families who have been farming the same tract of land for at least 100 years. Century Farms, Sesquicentennial Farms and Bicentennial Farms and Sestercentennial Farms will be recognized. A Century Farm is one that has been in continuous operation by the same family for at least 100 years. A Sesquicentennial Farm has been in continuous operation by the same family for at least 150 years. A Bicentennial Farm has been in continuous operation by the same family for at least 200 years, and a Sestercentennial Farm has been in continuous operation by the same family for at least 250 years.

A family member must have lived on the farm or must have been an integral part of the day-to-day operation of the farm enterprise. The farm must consist of at least 10 acres of the original holdings and gross more than $1,000 annually from farm products. Line of ownership from the first family member owning the land may be through wives, husbands, children, brothers, sisters, nephews, or nieces.

You can download your application in PDF format from this link.

Applications are due to your local conservation district office no later than February 1 of each year. You can find your conservation district here

All Conservation Districts must submit their named Century Farms to Ken Brown by April 1 of each year.


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