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We would like to provide the residents of  Farmington  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Farmington Home page. The Farmington Home page provides as much information as possible on Farmington. Knowing Farmington’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Farmington’s Home page, you will also find Farmington’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Farmington has a population of 460. 41.1% of Farmington’s inhabitants are Male, and 58.9 are female. 55.6% of Farmington is married and 85.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $67,642, and the average rent is $704. Household median income in Farmington is $66,000, and the individual median income is $25,500. Farmington’s Ethnic is the following: White(98%), Black(1.5%), Asian(0.4%), Hispanic(0.4%).


Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster. The community was named for the fact a large share of the first settlers were farmers. The area was first settled by James Goodin in the late 1700s, by Nicholas Wood and family, and by Jacob Straight and family in the 1770s.


A later settler, Joseph Morgan, would build a mill here in 1801. The area would later be incorporated in Marion County as the town of Farmington in 1896, but was earlier known as Willeyvile, Willeytown, and Underwood. While it was officially named Farmington in 1896, when the B and O Railroad ran through the town its stations there went under the name Underwood because of there being many towns of the same name.


The town was also home to mines Number 08 of Jamison Coal and Coke Co.(exploded in 1926 and then sealed in the 1940s) and Number 09 of Consolidated Coal Co.(exploded in 1954 and 1968, then sealed in 1978), to the Farmington High School "Farmers" and the North Marion High School Huskies, and to several small family businesses that run to present day.


The small town is situated on Buffalo Creek and the Allegheny Mountains about 6 miles west of Fairmont, West Virginia, Marion County's county seat.


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