Family Land Heritage Program

The Family Land Heritage Program honors farms and ranches that have been in continuous agricultural operation by the same family for 100 years or more. The program is designed to recognize and chronicle the unique history of Texas agriculture and the men and women who settled this great state and continue the tradition today.

Since the program started in 1974, the Texas Department of Agriculture has recognized more than 4,200 farms and ranches in 232 counties across Texas. Fayette County has the most Family Land Heritage honorees with 129 properties, Houston County is next with 86 properties, Austin, Medina and DeWitt counties are tied with 84 properties each and Gillespie County has 83 properties.

In 2000, the Family Land Heritage Program started recognizing families who have kept their farm or ranch in agricultural production for 150 and 200 years. Since then, five ranches have been recognized for 200 years and 80 farms and ranches for 150 years of operation.

Each year a ceremony is held to recognize the farms and ranches accepted into the Family Land Heritage Program. Participants whose farm or ranch qualifies receive a certificate of honor in the name of the farm or ranch. They can also obtain a Texas Century Farm or Ranch sign to proudly display on their property and the family's agricultural history is documented in the Family Land Heritage Registry.

For more information go to the website of the TX Department of Agriculture at
https://www.texasagriculture.gov/NewsEvents/FamilyLandHeritage.aspx

Panola County Honorees
Family Land Heritage Program

  • Name of Property
  • Year Established
  • Year Honored
  • Location
  • Allison Farm I
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Three miles west of Carthage on Highway 79.
  • Allison Farm II
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Three miles west of Carthage on Highway 79.
  • Allison's Hereford Ranch
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Three miles west of Carthage on Highway 79.
  • Joe G. Allison Ranch
  • 1853
  • (1980)
  • Sixteen miles south of Carthage.
  • Allivern Farm
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Located in Fairplay community.
  • J.S. Baldwin Farm
  • 1881
  • (1981)
  • Five miles north of Carthage on Highway 59.
  • Buckner Creek Ranch
  • 1861
  • (1974)
  • 184 FM 1251 in north of Fair Play, West of Carthage.
  • Burgess Farm
  • 1851
  • (1998)
  • Four miles west of Carthage.
  • Browning Ranch
  • 1857
  • (2007)
  • Sixteen miles south of Carthage on FM 999.
  • Chadwick 2C Farm & Ranch
  • 1875
  • (1975)
  • Three miles west of Carthage on Highway 79.
  • Collins/Porter Farm
  • 1895
  • (2003)
  • Eastern part of Panola County.
  • Conrad Allison Farm
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Two miles southwest of Gary on FM 999.
  • Grace Farm & Ranch
  • 1864
  • (1974)
  • One and one-half miles southwest of Gary on FM 999.
  • Thomas Martin Heaton Estate
  • 1869
  • (1980)
  • Eleven miles west of Carthage.
  • Thomas Martin Heaton Ranch
  • 1869
  • (1980)
  • Twelve miles west of Carthage.
  • Holland Cattle Farm
  • 1849
  • (1974)
  • Four miles north of Beckville.
  • Holland Ranch
  • 1849
  • (1974)
  • Ten miles north-northwest of Carthage on County Road 266.
  • Metcalf Ranch
  • 1869
  • (1976)
  • Metcalf-Dorman Farm
  • 1881
  • (2006)
  • Seven miles southwest on Murvaul Road.
  • Morris Trimble Farm
  • 1910
  • (2013)
  • Located in Beckville.
  • Page Ranch
  • 1860
  • (1975)
  • Five miles north Carthage on U.S. 59.
  • Parker Farm
  • 1889
  • (1991)
  • Three miles west of Carthage on Highway 79.
  • Roberts' Farm
  • 1884
  • (2001)
  • Three miles northwest of Carthage.
  • Simmons Farm
  • 1853
  • (1975)
  • Fourteen miles southeast of Carthage.
  • Summer Hill Farm
  • 1854
  • (1975)
  • Twelve miles northwest of Carthage
  • The Johnson Place
  • 1854
  • (1975)
  • (Listed in program as Hanson Farm) Seven miles southwest of Carthage.
  • The MSB Ranch
  • 1869
  • (1974)
  • Nine miles northwest of Carthage on County Road 293, off FM 1251.
  • Thomas Farm
  • 1870
  • (1975)
  • 17 Miles SW of Carthage
  • Williams Hidden Acres Farm
  • 1882
  • (2004)
  • Worley Farm
  • 1900
  • (2016)