Editing Cyrus McCormick (section)

==Legacy and honors==
[[File:Cyrus Hall McCormic, 3-cents.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp honoring McCormick in 1940]]
Numerous prizes and medals were awarded McCormick for his reaper, which reduced human labor on farms while increasing productivity. Thus, it contributed to the industrialization of agriculture as well as migration of labor to cities in numerous wheat-growing countries (36 by McCormick's death). The French government named McCormick an Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1851, and he was elected a corresponding member of the [[French Academy of Sciences]] in 1878 "as having done more for the cause of agriculture than any other living man."<ref name="encyclopedia.com"/>

The [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] holds Cyrus McCormick's papers.<ref name="whs"/>

* The [[Cyrus McCormick Farm]], operated by other family members after Cyrus and Leander moved to Chicago, was ultimately donated to [[Virginia Tech]], which operates the core of the property as a free museum, and other sections as an experimental farm. A marker memorializing Cyrus McCormick's contribution to agriculture had been erected near the main house in 1928.
* In 1999, the [[Chicago|City of Chicago]] placed a historical marker in honor of McCormick near the site of his home at 675 N. Rush St., between Erie and Huron. His original home at the site was destroyed in the [[Great Chicago Fire]] of 1871; the replacement home was torn down in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyrus Hall McCormick Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=234728 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
* A statue of McCormick was erected on the front campus of [[Washington and Lee University]], at [[Lexington, Virginia]], by Serbian-American artist [[John David Brcin]].
* The town of [[McCormick, South Carolina]] and [[McCormick County, South Carolina|McCormick County]] in the state were named for him after he bought a [[Dorn Gold Mine|gold mine]] in the town, formerly known as Dornsville.<ref>{{cite web |title= History of Education in McCormick County |publisher= McCormick County School District |url= http://www.mccormick.k12.sc.us/History.html |access-date= December 26, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110227022239/http://www.mccormick.k12.sc.us/History.html |archive-date= February 27, 2011 }}</ref>
* 1975, McCormick was inducted into the [[Junior Achievement]] U.S. Business Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title= Cyrus H. McCormick |department= U.S. Business Hall of Fame Induction year 1975 |publisher= Junior Achievement |url= http://www.ja.org/hof/viewLaureate.asp?id=107&induction_year=1975 |access-date= December 26, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101216223423/http://ja.org/hof/viewLaureate.asp?id=107&induction_year=1975 |archive-date= December 16, 2010 }}</ref>
* 3 cent U.S. postage stamps were issued in 1940 to commemorate Cyrus Hall McCormick. See [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States#Famous Americans Series of 1940|Famous Americans Series of 1940]].