Smiling Hill Farm is a 500 acre traditional New England farm encompassing parts of the municipalities of Westbrook

Westbrook, Maine

Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 17,494 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...

, Scarborough, and Gorham

Gorham, Maine

Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 16,381 at the 2010 census. In addition to an urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town also encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct...

, Maine. Founded in 1720 as the homestead of Nathaniel Knight, the 12th generation descendents continue to operate the farm today. Known as the "Knight Farm", the farm was renamed "Smiling Hill Farm" by Roger D. Knight in 1974. Roger named the farm after a favorite childhood book "Smiling Hill Farm" by Miriam E. Mason (1937). Smiling Hill Farm is known for its characteristic smiling cow logo. Smiling Hill Farm is the 9th oldest continually operating family business in the United States according to Family Business magazine.

History

Smiling Hill Farm was founded in the 1720s as the home of the Knight family. The Knights had been in Scarborough since the mid 1600's starting with George Knight d.1671. Following George's early death his widow left the family's land holdings in Scarborough for the relative safety of Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census...

, New Hampshire with her two young children Mary and Nathan. Nathan Knight married Mary Westbrook and returned to Scarborough in the late 1600's with his brother-in-law, Col. Thomas Westbrook. Col. Thomas Westbrook's

Thomas Westbrook

Colonel Thomas Westbrook was a military figure in colonial America. The City of Westbrook, Maine is named after him. Thomas Westbrook's varied career included the role of senior New England militia officer in Maine. He was active during the French and Indian Wars...

 gravesite is located on the Scarborough portion of the property. Col. Westbrook was the uncle of Nathaniel Knight who was the first Knight to occupy the area now known as Smiling Hill Farm.

George Knight ca 1635-1671
Nathan Knight 1668-1746
Nathaniel Knight 1698-1786
George Knight 1737-1801
George Knight II 1778-1837
Lewis Knight 1827-1909
Benjamin Knight 1855-1939
Perce C. Knight 1887-1972
Roger D. Knight 1935-

Today

Smiling Hill Farm houses Silvery Moon Creamery, an artisanal cheese manufacturer.
Smiling Hill Farm processes and packages milk for Maine’s Own Organic Milk Company

Maine’s Own Organic Milk Company

Maine’s Own Organic Milk Company, or MOOMilkCo, is a partly farmer-owned limited liability company set up to achieve low-profits while acting as a kind of cooperative for milk producers in Maine, U.S. It was established with 10 organic dairy farms that were dropped by H.P...

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Smiling Hill Farm also bottles milk in glass bottles for some other small local farms in Maine and New Hampshire.
A petting zoo has been a popular feature of this farm.

External links

• Smiling Hill Farm Website