Misti, You forwarded my query from 3 months ago to your Market Information and Outreach division. I have not heard anything from them. Can you or somebody at the Missouri Department of Agriculture pursue this further, or do you think I should forget about this? Mike Flannigan [email protected] wrote: > Mr. Flannigan, > > Thank you for your interest in the Missouri Department of Agriculture. I > have passed your agriculture information request to our Market Information > and Outreach division and they will getting in contact with you soon > regarding farm names in Missouri. > > Thank you, > > Misti Preston > Public Information Specialist > Missouri Department of Agriculture > 1616 Missouri Blvd. > Jefferson City, MO 65109 > Phone: 573.751.4645 > Fax: 573.751.5002 Subject: Re: Farm Names in Missouri Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:07:04 -0600 From: Mike Flannigan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Great. Thanks for the reply. Mike Subject: Farm Names in Missouri Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:29:28 -0600 From: Mike Flannigan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] I recently ran across the listing below in an old 1917 newspaper. I notice that this information did not make it into the GNIS database for MO. I was wondering if this information is available to the public, and does the Missouri State Board of Agriculture care to include it into the GNIS database? This is the GNIS database: http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html Mike Flannigan Home: 281-286-6869 ~ Farm Names in Missouri ~ (1917) Missouri was the first state in the Union to enact a farm name registration law. The Missouri Sate Board of Agriculture has just issued a bulletin, “Farm Names”, the author being W. L. NELSON, Assistant Secretary of the Board who was also the author of the farm name bill referred to. This bulletin, in addition to giving the names of 1,000 Missouri farms, tells how many of these names originated and offers suggestions for the naming of farm homes. The origin of the names of famous places in other states is also given. Many Missourians and others have contributed to this bulletin, thus making it of unusual value. In a list of 1,000 Missouri farm names “view” is used 88 times, as in “Fairview” or “Lakeview.” Other popular basic words are “valley”, used 38 times; “Maple” 34; “oak” 24; “dale” 28; “walnut” 23, “side” 22; Then there is found frequent use of “hurst,”; Old English for thicket or grove, as in “Hickoryhurst” ; “foyle” a leaf as in “Glenfoyle” meaning a leafy glen. This bulletin on farm names is free to Missourians. ___________________________________________________ Subject: Farm Names in Missouri Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:15:23 -0600 From: Mike Flannigan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] I'm sending this again in case you didn't get my first e-mail sent on 3/13/05: ______________________________________________ I recently ran across the listing below in an old 1917 newspaper. I notice that this information did not make it into the GNIS database for MO. I was wondering if this information is available to the public, and does the Missouri State Board of Agriculture care to include it into the GNIS database? This is the GNIS database: http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html Mike Flannigan ~ Farm Names in Missouri ~ (1917) Missouri was the first state in the Union to enact a farm name registration law. The Missouri Sate Board of Agriculture has just issued a bulletin, “Farm Names”, the author being W. L. NELSON, Assistant Secretary of the Board who was also the author of the farm name bill referred to. This bulletin, in addition to giving the names of 1,000 Missouri farms, tells how many of these names originated and offers suggestions for the naming of farm homes. The origin of the names of famous places in other states is also given. Many Missourians and others have contributed to this bulletin, thus making it of unusual value. In a list of 1,000 Missouri farm names “view” is used 88 times, as in “Fairview” or “Lakeview.” Other popular basic words are “valley”, used 38 times; “Maple” 34; “oak” 24; “dale” 28; “walnut” 23, “side” 22; Then there is found frequent use of “hurst,”; Old English for thicket or grove, as in “Hickoryhurst” ; “foyle” a leaf as in “Glenfoyle” meaning a leafy glen. This bulletin on farm names is free to Missourians.