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America’s oldest family businesses
— by State

 DateRank
Alabama
Bromberg & Co.183651 (tie)
California
Rod McLellan Co.185076 (tie)
Levi Strauss & Co.185386 (tie)
Connecticut
Bevin Bros. Manufacturing183246
Lyman Orchards174112 (tie)
Delaware
Faries Funeral Home183145
Georgia
Juanita M. Joiner Farm178320
Illinois
Harland Family Farm183753 (tie)
Hayes’ Coffees178722
B.F. Shaw Printing Co.185181 (tie)
Thompson Drug Co.183651 (tie)
Wagner Printing Co.185386 (tie)
Indiana
Hare Auto Group184767 (tie)
Times-Union Newspaper185493 (tie)
Iowa
Breitbach’s Country Dining185285
Garretson Farm183753 (tie)
Lonsdale Farm185386 (tie)
Shaff Family Farm183753 (tie)
Sears Seating1855100 (tie)
Kansas
Davis Funeral Chapel Inc.1855100 (tie)
Kentucky
Marcus Paint Co.185386 (tie)
Milward Funeral Directors Inc.182537 (tie)
Rogers Funeral Home180226 (tie)
Louisiana
Antoine’s Restaurant184059
Parlange Plantation175015
M.A. Patout & Son182537 (tie)
Wilbert Funeral Home185076 (tie)
Maine
N.H. Bragg & Sons185493 (tie)
S.W. Collins Co.184463 (tie)
Hancock Land/Lumber Co.184871 (tie)
Hussey Seating Co.183549 (tie)
The Seaside Inn and Cottages16675
Smiling Hill Farm/Hillside Lumber1720?9
Maryland
G. Krug & Son185076 (tie)
Loane Brothers Inc.181531
Pumphrey Funeral Home185493 (tie)
George R. Ruhl & Son Inc.178923
Schneidereith & Sons184974 (tie)
Massachusetts
Allandale Farm1700?7
Barker Farm16424
Clark Farm172811
Crane & Co.180125
Eaton Funeral Homes181833 (tie)
Noble & Cooley185493 (tie)
Nourse Family Farm172210
Southworth Co.183956 (tie)
Zildjian Cymbal Co.16231
Michigan
Gold Star Farms.184463 (tie)
George Jerome & Co.182840 (tie)
Missouri
Baumann Safe Co.184361 (tie)
Holmes’ Bros. Farm of Wayne County184767 (tie)
Luyties Pharmacal Co.185386 (tie)
Schaeffer Mfg. Co.183956 (tie)
A.E. Schmidt Co.185076 (tie)
Nebraska
Gold Star Farms184463 (tie)
N.P. Dodge Co.1855100 (tie)
New Hampshire
The Homestead180226 (tie)
Tuttle Farm1635-38?2
New Jersey
Laird & Co.178019
The Howell Farm174112 (tie)
New York
ContiGroup Cos. Inc.181330
Corning185181 (tie)
Harden Furniture Inc.184463 (tie)
Hicks Nurseries185386 (tie)
The Orchards of Concklin17128
Mager & Gougelman Inc.185181 (tie)
Henry W.T. Mali & Co.182639
Saunderskill Farms16806
North Carolina
John Whitley Farm174214
Ohio
Flood Co. 184767 (tie)
Lane Funeral Homes1855100 (tie)
Schoedinger Funeral Home1855100 (tie)
Taylor Chair Co. 181632
The Verdin Co.184260
Wise Funeral Service184566
Oklahoma
Penner Angus Ranch1855100 (tie)
Oregon
Holman’s Funeral Service185493 (tie)
Pennsylvania
Bachman Funeral Home176916
Bahney’s Furniture183448
Bixler’s178521
Cornell Iron Works182840 (tie)
Faller’s Better Furniture184767 (tie)
C.F. Martin & Co.183347
Alan McIlvain Co.179824
Marshall Elevator181833 (tie)
McLanahan Corp.183549 (tie)
Samuel T. Freeman & Co.180528
Stuard Funeral Home182235
Teeters Furniture & Funeral Home184974 (tie)
Wagner Quality Shoes185493 (tie)
H.C. Wood Inc.1855100 (tie)
Woolrich Inc.1830s43 (tie)
D.G. Yuengling & Son182942
Rhode Island
Ashaway Line and Twine Mfg. Co.182436
Quinn Funeral Home185493 (tie)
Tennessee
St. John Milling Co.177818
Texas
C.H. Guenther & Son Inc. (Pioneer Flour Mills)185181 (tie)
King Ranch185386 (tie)
Teas Nursery Co.184361 (tie)
Virginia
Bear Funeral Home181229
E.A. Clore Sons Inc.183043 (tie)
Shirley Plantation16383
Stuart Land Co. of Virginia Inc.177417
Suter’s Handcrafted Furniture183956 (tie)
Washington
Laird Norton Company LLC1855100 (tie)
Wisconsin
The Bentley Company184871 (tie)
Menasha Corp.185076 (tie)
Richardson Industries184871 (tie)