A portion of the historic Hoff Farm in northern Olathe is set to become a new neighborhood park. The land set to become the new park — nearly 17 acres — is near the corner of College Boulevard and Woodland Road. Descendants of the Hoff family donated some of their land for the park a few years ago, along with a parcel to become Olathe’s future Firehouse No. 9. “We greatly appreciate the contribution the Hoffs have made,” Councilmember Marge Vogt said last Tuesday. “This is a big deal.” Considered some of the city’s original pioneers, members of the Hoff family have farmed in Olathe since before the Civil War. They reportedly arrived via the trails that took settlers west and purchased the land in 1864. According to city documents, the property is one of the state of Kansas’s oldest recorded family farms.
Source: Johnson County Post
