Farmington, Maine Farmington, Maine Downtown Farmington Downtown Farmington Official seal of Farmington, Maine Location in Franklin County, Maine Location in Franklin County, Maine Farmington is positioned in Maine Farmington - Farmington Location inside the state of Maine State Maine Farmington is a town in and the governmental center of county of Franklin County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town populace was 7,760.
Farmington is home to the University of Maine at Farmington, the Nordica Memorial Auditorium, the Homestead, and the annual Farmington Fair.
6 University of Maine At Farmington They had two camps positioned near Farmington Falls, with fields cleared for cultivation of maize and potatoes.
Their fort's stockade enclosed about an acre at the center of what is today Farmington Falls village.
On February 1, 1794, Sandy River Plantation was incorporated as Farmington, titled for its unusually fertile soil.
Beginning with a cluster of log homes at Farmington Falls, the town interval quickly and prospered.
Farmington became one of the biggest wool producing suburbs in New England, with many herds of sheep grazing the hills and intervales. The town's water power thriving industry, including five lumber mills, two sash, blind and door factories, two brickyards, a foundry, a rake factory, three gristmills, nearly a dozen carriage factories, a cheese factory, two corn canning factories, two reaper machine factories, a spool factory and a tannery. As a county-wide center for manufacturing, trade and agriculture, Farmington was designated governmental center of county when Franklin County was formed in 1838. In 1859, the Androscoggin Railroad instead of its line from Leeds Junction to Farmington, carrying freight and tourists. In 1879, the town became the southern end for the narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad (later part of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad), making it a gateway to the Rangeley Lake and Sugarloaf Mountain areas.
Farmington suffered a devastating fire on October 22, 1886, when thirty-three homes, nineteen stores, three churches, the county jail and the postal service were destroyed.
Vinal survived. Farmington is today a college town and resort area.
Farmington Falls in 1907 According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 55.82 square miles (144.57 km2), of which, 55.67 square miles (144.18 km2) of it is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) is water. Farmington is drained by Wilson Stream, Temple Stream, Beaver Brook and the Sandy River.
Route 2 and Maine State Routes 4, 27, 43, 133, and 149.
It borders the suburbs of Industry and New Sharon to the east, Chesterville to the south, Wilton to the southwest, Temple to the west, and Strong and New Vineyard to the north.
Farmington is divided up into four small-town areas and is sometimes mapped as such.
These areas are West Farmington, Fairbanks, Farmington Falls, and Farmington (downtown).
All areas except Fairbanks have their own zip code, but they are all still inside Farmington's town limits.
Typically for Maine, Farmington has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb) with cold (sometimes severely cold) winters and warm, often humid summers. Winters are cold and snowy, with forty evenings per year under 0 F or 17.8 C and 68.6 days failing to top freezing.
The coldest month since records began in 1893 has been January 1982 with an average of 3.4 F or 15.9 C, and the hottest July 1921 with an average of 73.3 F or 22.9 C, including twelve days over 90 F or 32.2 C, whilst the coldest winter was that of 1917/1918 with an average temperature of 10.45 F or 12.0 C.
The hottest day was August 3, 1975 which reached 101 F or 38.3 C, whilst the coldest temperature has been 39 F or 39.4 C on January 20, 1994.
Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, with snow flurry particularly heavy in winter the wettest calendar month has been December 1969 with 15.49 inches or 393.4 millimetres including 41.0 inches (1.04 m) of snow and a fall from a warm front of 9.97 inches or 253.2 millimetres of rain (mostly rain) on December 27 and 28.
Climate data for Farmington, Maine (1971-2000; extremes 1926-2001) Average snowy days ( 0.01 inch) 6.8 5.0 4.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 6.0 27.5 See also: Farmington (CDP), Maine There were 3,441 housing units at an average density of 61.8 per square mile (23.9/km2).
There were 3,072 homeholds of which 23.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 48.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town was 32.1 years.
16% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 27.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.3% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,410 citizens , 2,813 homeholds, and 1,533 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 25.0% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Farmington is the biggest town, and county seat, of Franklin County.
Daily administration is by a town manager, and the town holds an annual town meeting in March. Farmington Historical Society University of Maine at Farmington Farmington is home to a number of historic properties and districts.
These include the Cutler Memorial Library, Farmington Historic District, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Franklin County Courthouse, Free Will Baptist Meetinghouse, Greenacre, Chester Greenwood House, Merrill Hall, Nordica Homestead, Old Union Meetinghouse, Hiram Ramsdell House and the Tufts House.
University of Maine At Farmington Farmington is home to The University of Maine at Farmington, part of Maine's Public University system.
Downtown Farmington- The chief part of town, The downtown has a several banks, homes, stores, and enhance facilities in the town.
The University of Maine at Farmington is positioned next to downtown.
Downtown is at the Intersection of Main Street and Broadway Street.
West Farmington- West Farmington is positioned at the junction of US Highway 2 and Maine State Route 43.
Titcomb Mountain is in West Farmington.
Farmington Falls- Farmington Falls is positioned at the junction of US Highway 2 and Maine State Route 41 and Maine State Route 156.There are some homes, a church, and a convenience store in the Community.
It is positioned at the junction of Maine State Route 4 and Maine State Route 27.
Wilton Road- US Highway 2 in Maine passes through Farmington.
Between West Farmington and Subway, The Speed Limit is 30 MPH, and between Subway and the Comfort Inn at the Town Line it is 40 MPH.
Prescott Field is the sports field for baseball, softball, and soccer for the Beavers at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Prescott Field is the chief way to get to the Sandy River swimming region too.
Front Street is considered the Main Street of Historic Farmington.
Farmington is the subject of a prophecy by the Quaker Licia Kuenning (formerly Lisa Bieberman) about a Coming New Order in the town.
Charlie Webster, state legislator and Chair of the Maine Republican Party a b Thomas Parker, History of Farmington, Maine, from Its First Settlement to 1846; Farmington, Maine 1875 (1886), Gazetteer of the state of Maine.
Farmington, Boston: Russell[permanent dead link] Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970).
Climate Summary for Farmington, Maine "About Our Students - University of Maine Farmington".
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