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Century Citizens

Twenty-First Century businesses, churches, and farms with roots that go back 100 years


Deep Roots in Annandale:
Century Businesses     Century Churches     Century Farms


Century Businesses - Businesses with a continuous presence in the Annandale area for over 100 years. 

  • Lundeen Ford, since the 1880s, started as a bicycle shop (history)

  • The Annandale Advocate, since 1888

  • Kaz Our Own Hardware (formerly Dunton Hardware), since 1895 (history)

  • Annandale State Bank, since 1893 (history)

  • Thayer Hotel, since 1895


Century Churches - 21st century churches with beginnings in the 19th century.

  • Methodist Church, founded 1858

  • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, organized in 1872 (history)

  • St. Ignatius Church, founded 1873 (history)

  • St. John's Lutheran Church, organized in 1886 (history)

  • Concordia Lutheran Church, since 1887 (history)

  • Zion Lutheran Church, since 1888 (history)

  • Mt. Herman Lutheran Church, since 1889 (history)

  • Zion Methodist Church of South Haven, since 1891 (history)

  • Our Savior's Lutheran Church, since 1892 (history)

  • Immanuel Lutheran Church, since 1898 (history)

  • Lake Union Covenant Church, since 1906 (history)


Century Farms - Farms that have been designated as Century Farms by the Minnesota Farm Bureau.  (Dates in parenthesis indicate the year that the farm was brought into the family.)

  • Carlson, Rodney, Annandale (1891)

  • Hoikka, Jacob W. & Alice E., Annandale (1892)

  • Johnson, Mark D. & Jodene M. (Erickson), Annandale (1896)

  • Kelly, Darrell & Ellen, Annandale (1877)

  • Kiehn, Jerome and Beverly, Annandale (1887)

  • Mol, Timothy, Annandale (1902)

  • Muehring, Wylis & Gracie, South Haven (1885)

  • Newmann, Robert A., Annandale (1885)

  • Nordberg, Calvin & Shirley, South Haven (1885)

  • Partridge, Payson & Eleanor, South Haven (1883)

  • Raisanen, Raymond and Doris, Annandale (1893)

  • Rudolph, Kenneth & Sadie, South Haven (1888)

  • Schmidt, Melvin L., Annandale (1880)

  • Seiffert, Neil & Kathleen, Annandale (1883)

  • Vandergon, Bud and Gloria, Maple Lake (1874)