About Burgess Hardware

Burgess has been Family owned and operated for over 50 years!

Founded in 1968 by Easley Burgess to provide local farmers with much needed supplies, in 1989 Easley’s son Steve, along with his wife Dana, purchased the business. Stephanie Everett, the third generation of Burgess, began working at the store in 2002 and today she is the store manager. The fourth generation, Caden and Carly Everett can be seen on the sales floor learning the family business.

Burgess Timeline:

• 1968 Burgess is founded By Easley Burgess.
• 1971 Burgess relocates to its current location. The store was originally 4,000 square foot.
• 1972 Burgess under goes three more additions. Expanding the store to thru 9,240 square feet.
• 1990 Steve and Dana Burgess purchased the store.
• 1992 Burgess began converting space from feed and farm supplies to include hardware.
• 1993 Blizzard collapses the front porch and the feed storage room.
• 1996 A wall was removed to add additional retail space to the store.
• 2002 Wind shear blew down a wall and collapsed the roof of the warehouse. A new warehouse is constructed totaling 4,730 square feet.
• 2002 Stephanie Everett starts working for the family business.
• 2003 A 2,500 square feet addition was built to add more retail space.
• 2011 Double doors added to front of store
• 2011 Concrete room revamped
• 2013 New signage on front of store
• 2014 New roof
• 2015 Redone dog food & concrete building
• 2020-22 Continuing to bring new product for best shopping experience
• 2023 large Stihl addition built to accommodate more tools and service

We are proud members of the Polk County Chamber of Commerce.