Farm names reflect traditions and social stability in rural communities.

Evidence

If the house were still standing today, it would still go by his name. … A farm in Bacon County took a man’s name, not always the first man who owned it, but some man’s name, and once the name was taken, it held the name as long as it stood, no matter who lived there. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 225

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 225
• XREF: connects to: Rural folk religion reinforces group boundaries through local sacred markers; Rural Swedish villages sustained social cohesion through many local associations. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 47