Editing Farmington, Mississippi (section)

== History ==
Farmington was described as "a flourishing place" prior to 1855.<ref name="Riley">{{cite book | last1 = Riley | first1 = Franklin Lafayette | year = 1902 | editor1-last = Riley | editor1-first = Franklin Lafayette | article = Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi | title = Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society | publisher = Mississippi Historical Society| volume = 5 | url = https://archive.org/details/publicationsmis09socigoog/page/n7/mode/2up | pages = 316}}</ref> That year, two railroads being constructed&mdash;the [[Mobile and Ohio]] and [[Memphis and Charleston]]&mdash;bypassed the town by about {{convert|4|mi|km}}, and Farmington  began to decline.<ref name="Riley"/> "As late as the beginning of the war, the old town had a large population", as well as a post office and several houses.<ref name="Riley"/><ref name="Rowland">{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://archive.org/details/mississippicomp01rowlgoog/page/n5 | volume = 1 | page = 698}}</ref> When the [[Union Army]] marched on [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]], Farmington was "completely destroyed"; the Union Army "tearing down the houses to make breastworks, flooring for tents, etc.".<ref name="Riley"/><ref name="Rowland"/>