Editing Farmington, Delaware

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| official_name      = Farmington, Delaware
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
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| pushpin_label      = Farmington
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Delaware

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| subdivision_name2  = [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent]]
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| leader_name        = Cindy Bolin<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/people/delaware-municipal-officials/municipalities/mayors-and-managers | title=Mayors & Managers }}</ref>
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| population_total   = 92
| population_density_km2 = 488.48
| population_density_sq_mi = 1260.27
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| postal_code        = 19950
| area_code          = [[Area code 302|302]]
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'''Farmington''' is a town in [[Kent County, Delaware]], United States. It is part of the [[Dover metropolitan area]]. The population was 92 in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/ |title=The Delaware Census State Data Center |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231141632/http://stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/ |archive-date=December 31, 2016 }}</ref>

==History==
Farmington was originally settled as Flatiron in 1855 when the railroad built a station at a crossroads at this location. A [[post office]] was established in 1858. The town was the location of the Farmington Academy from 1868 to 1878. Farmington had 300 people in the 1880s and was home to canning and fruit-evaporating plants.<ref name=fwp>{{cite book |author=Federal Writers' Project |author-link=Federal Writers' Project |title=The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida|url=https://archive.org/stream/oceanhighwaynewb00federich/oceanhighwaynewb00federich_djvu.txt |access-date=April 10, 2009 | year=1938 |publisher=Modern Age Books |location=[[New York City|New York]]|series=American Guide Series|isbn=978-0-403-02214-4 }}</ref> The [[Tharp House (Farmington, Delaware)|Tharp House]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> Farmington formerly had a post office with a [[ZIP code]] of 19942; however, the post office closed and the ZIP code was discontinued on January 13, 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|accessdate=December 19, 2015|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Farmington is currently served by the [[Greenwood, Delaware|Greenwood]] post office with a ZIP code of 19950.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1890 = 468
| 1910 = 255
| 1920 = 124
| 1930 = 117
| 1940 = 120
| 1950 = 113
| 1960 = 142
| 1970 = 109
| 1980 = 141
| 1990 = 122
| 2000 = 75
| 2010 = 110
| 2020 = 92
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 75 people, 31 households, and 20 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,075.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 35 housing units at an average density of {{convert|501.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 99.00% White.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
Of the 31 households 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 25.8% of households were one person and 16.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.76.

The age distribution was 20.0% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 120.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.8 males.

The median household income was $41,458 and the median family income was $38,750. Males had a median income of $17,917 versus $21,429 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,423. There were no families and 7.0% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:2022-07-17 14 39 40 View west along Main Street between Church Street and Broad Street in Farmington, Kent County, Delaware.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street in Farmington]]
No state highways pass directly through Farmington. [[U.S. Route 13 in Delaware|U.S. Route 13]] passes north–south just beyond the eastern edge of Farmington on Dupont Highway and leads north toward [[Harrington, Delaware|Harrington]] and south toward [[Greenwood, Delaware|Greenwood]]. Main Street begins at US 13 and runs east–west through Farmington, becoming Andrewville Road outside the town and leading west toward [[Andrewville, Delaware|Andrewville]].<ref name="DE 2017 map">{{Delaware road map|year=2017}}</ref> The [[Delmarva Central Railroad]]'s Delmarva Subdivision line passes north–south through Farmington.<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|title=Delmarva Central Railroad|publisher=Carload Express|url=http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref>

===Utilities===
[[Delmarva Power]], a subsidiary of [[Exelon]], provides electricity to Farmington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|title=Service Territory|publisher=Delmarva Power|access-date=August 15, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525061222/http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|archive-date=May 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Chesapeake Utilities]] provides natural gas to the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delmarva Service Territory|publisher=Chesapeake Utilities|url=http://www.chpk.com/delmarva-service-territory/|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815063806/http://www.chpk.com/delmarva-service-territory/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
Farmington is in the [[Woodbridge School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10001_kent/DC20SD_C10001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kent County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 16, 2021}}</ref> [[Woodbridge High School (Delaware)|Woodbridge High School]] is the zoned high school.

==Notable people==
*[[Lyman Pierson Powell]] (born 1866), (alternate spelling is Pearson), Episcopalian priest, Hobart college president, historian and author
*[[William Tharp]], 36th Governor of Delaware

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.farmingtondelaware.com/ Official website]
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[[Category:Towns in Kent County, Delaware]]
[[Category:Towns in Delaware]]