Editing Farmington, Utah

{{Short description|City in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Farmington, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|motto                    =
|image_skyline            = Farmington Utah New City Hall.jpeg
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|image_caption            = The new City Hall, built in 2010
|image_map                = Davis County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Farmington highlighted.svg
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Davis County, Utah|Davis County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[County (United States)|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]]
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|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1847
|established_title1       = [[Incorporated town|Incorporated]]
|established_date1        = February 18, 1852
|named_for                = [[Farming]]
|founder                  = Hector Caleb Haight
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_49.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 26.02
|area_land_km2            = 25.78
|area_water_km2           = 0.24
|area_total_sq_mi         = 10.05
|area_land_sq_mi          = 9.95
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.09
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="quickfacts">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/farmingtoncityutah/PST045221 |title=QuickFacts Farmington city, Utah |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 2, 2022 }}</ref>
|population_total         = 24531
|population_est           =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_density_km2   = 951.6
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = &minus;7
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|utc_offset_DST           = &minus;6
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|elevation_ft             = 4246
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84025
|area_code                = [[Area codes 385 and 801|385, 801]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-24740<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2410488<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410488}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.farmington.utah.gov}}
}}

'''Farmington''' is a city in, and [[county seat]] of, [[Davis County, Utah]], United States. The population was 24,531 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="quickfacts"/> The [[Lagoon Amusement Park]] and [[Station Park (Farmington, Utah)|Station Park]] transit-oriented retail center (which includes a [[FrontRunner]] [[Farmington station|train station]]) are located in Farmington.

==History==
The region that is now Farmington was settled in 1847 by the Haight family, a [[Mormon pioneer]] family that established a farm and an inn. Five more pioneering families migrated to this region in the autumn of 1849.<ref name="Leonard 1999">{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=Glen M. |title=A History of Davis County |date=1999 |publisher=Utah State Historical Society |location=Salt Lake City, UT |isbn=0913738433}}</ref>{{rp|20}} The region developed into an undefined community originally called North Cottonwood Settlement.<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|21–22}} In 1852, the territorial legislature picked North Cottonwood as the county seat and officially named it Farmington.<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|24}} Following orders from [[Daniel H. Wells]] and [[Brigham Young]], Farmington residents built a wall around the city in 1853 under the direction of Major Thomas S. Smith. This walled townsite became known as "the Fort".<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|26–29}} Early church meetings were held in a log school and then an adobe structure. The county courthouse was used for religious meetings from 1855 to 1863. The city's ward moved back to the schoolhouse, and the first meetinghouse was dedicated in January 1864.<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|33}} By the early 1860s, the town of Farmington stretched for six miles between Centerville and Kaysville.<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|29}}

The Children's [[Primary Association]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] was organized here on August 11, 1878. It was the birthplace of one of the longest-lived Latter-day Saint apostles, [[LeGrand Richards]]. His maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Lee Robinson, was the first bishop of what was then the North Cottonwood Ward. [[Lagoon Amusement Park]] was founded here in 1886 and occupies {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of the city. Ezra T. Clark was an early settler of Farmington who later founded the Davis County Bank and built several houses in the area, some of which are located in the Clark Lane Historic District, listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

[[File:Water feature at Station Park in Farmington.jpg|thumb|Water feature at [[Station Park (Farmington, Utah)|Station Park]] in Farmington]]

==Geography==
Farmington is located in east-central Davis County. It is bordered by [[Kaysville, Utah|Kaysville]] and [[Fruit Heights, Utah|Fruit Heights]] to the north and by [[Centerville, Utah|Centerville]] to the south. The [[Wasatch Mountains]] are to the east, and the [[Great Salt Lake]] is to the west. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|25.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|25.5|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.96%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4924740| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Farmington city, Utah| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 11, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213051230/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4924740| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
Lake-enhanced snowfall occurs frequently during the winter, and cool downslope mountain breezes occur on most summer evenings. Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Farmington experiences what may be classified as a hot-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] (Csa), despite not being on the west coast of an ocean like most Mediterranean climates. It may also be classified as [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] (Dsa), if the boundary between [[continental climate|continental]] and [[subtropics|subtropical climate]] is an average January temperature of {{convert|0|C|F}} rather than {{convert|-3|C|F}}.

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|location = Farmington, Utah (1981–2010)
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|Jan high F = 38.1
|Feb high F = 43.7
|Mar high F = 54.3
|Apr high F = 62.8
|May high F = 73.2
|Jun high F = 83.6
|Jul high F = 92.5
|Aug high F = 90.5
|Sep high F = 80.0
|Oct high F = 66.1
|Nov high F = 50.3
|Dec high F = 39.3
|year high F = 64.5

|Jan low F = 20.6
|Feb low F = 24.8
|Mar low F = 32.3
|Apr low F = 39.0
|May low F = 46.7
|Jun low F = 54.7
|Jul low F = 61.9
|Aug low F = 60.5
|Sep low F = 51.0
|Oct low F = 40.0
|Nov low F = 30.4
|Dec low F = 22.7
|year low F = 40.5

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.99
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.01
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.50
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.44
|May precipitation inch = 2.65
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.45
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.80
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.69
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.52
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.12
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.10
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.97
|year precipitation inch= 22.25

|Jan snow inch = 13.8
|Feb snow inch = 11.0
|Mar snow inch = 3.8
|Apr snow inch = 1.3
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.3
|Nov snow inch = 5.7
|Dec snow inch = 12.7
|year snow inch = 48.6
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=slc |title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = May 5, 2013}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=
|1860= 591
|1870= 976
|1880= 1073
|1890= 1036
|1900= 1050
|1910= 1280
|1920= 1170
|1930= 1339
|1940= 1211
|1950= 1468
|1960= 1951
|1970= 2526
|1980= 4691
|1990= 9028
|2000= 12081
|2010= 18275
|2020= 24531
|estyear=2023
|estimate=25771
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="quickfacts"/>
}}
[[File:Lagoon Roller Coaster winter.jpeg|thumb|The Lagoon Roller Coaster, January 2013]]
Farmington is part of the [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]&ndash;[[Clearfield, Utah|Clearfield]], Utah [[Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. In an 1850 census of Davis County, almost half of the Farmington residents were from New York.<ref name="Leonard 1999"/>{{rp|39}}

According to the [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="2020CensusDHC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 25, 2024}}</ref> and [[American Community Survey|2020 American Community Survey]],<ref name="2020ACS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 25, 2024}}</ref> there were 24,531 people in Farmington with a [[population density]] of 2,465.3 people per square mile (951.8/km<sup>2</sup>). Among non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people, the racial makeup was 21,723 (88.6%) [[White Americans|White]], 166 (0.7%) [[African Americans|African American]], 58 (0.2%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 350 (1.4%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 71 (0.3%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 47 (0.2%) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 780 (3.2%) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 1,336 (5.4%) people were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 12,255 (49.96%) males and 12,276 (50.04%) females, and the population distribution by age was 8,528 (34.8%) under the age of 18, 13,530 (55.2%) from 18 to 64, and 2,473 (10.1%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 31.7 years.

There were 7,150 households in Farmington with an average size of 3.43 of which 5,799 (81.1%) were families and 1,351 (18.9%) were non-families. Among all families, 5,030 (70.3%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], 234 (3.3%) were male householders with no spouse, and 535 (7.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 1,124 (15.7%) were a single person living alone and 227 (3.2%) were two or more people living together. 3,420 (47.8%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 5,651 (79.0%) of households were [[Owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]] while 1,499 (21.0%) were [[Renting|renter-occupied]].

The median income for a Farmington household was $99,208 and the median family income was $111,116, with a [[per-capita income]] of $34,781. The median income for males that were [[Full-time job|full-time employees]] was $81,027 and for females $54,635. 3.5% of the population and 2.7% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].

In terms of education attainment, out of the 13,637 people in Farmington 25 years or older, 309 (2.3%) had [[High school dropouts in the United States|not completed high school]], 2,008 (14.7%) had a [[high school diploma]] or equivalency, 4,757 (34.9%) had some college or [[associate degree]], 4,267 (31.3%) had a [[bachelor's degree]], and 2,296 (16.8%) had a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] or [[professional degree]].

==Arts and culture==
The S&S Shortline Railroad Park and Museum, located in the Farmington area, contains over 90 pieces of railroad equipment in all shapes and sizes.<ref>{{cite web| title=S & S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum| url=http://www.visitdavisareautah.com/attractions/ssrailroad.htm| publisher=Visit Davis County, Utah| access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> It also has two separate railroads where visitors can enjoy train rides on the first Saturday of every month from June to September. The track gauges of the two railroads are {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]]<ref>[http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5539 Carson City & Mills Park RR No. 3]</ref> and {{RailGauge|7.5in|lk=on}} gauge. One interesting item in the museum's collection is a {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge, oil-powered, {{whyte|4-4-0}} steam locomotive built by [[Crown Metal Products]].

==Parks and recreation==
The Farmington Trail Committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.farmington.utah.gov/government/trails-committee/|title=Trails Committee – Farmington City, Utah|website=www.farmington.utah.gov|access-date=2016-09-24}}</ref> maintains 146.49 miles<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.farmington.utah.gov/storage/2016/05/Trail_Chart-09-14-16.pdf|title=Farmington Trails Information}}</ref> of trail throughout the city.  36 of the trails are named that traverse from the hills on the east to the wetlands to the west. The trail system has a variety of surface material including gravel, asphalt, and concrete. There are 55 points of interest that are accessible by the trail system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.farmington.utah.gov/storage/2016/05/11x17-Trails-Maps-09-16-16-Small.pdf|title=Master Trails Map - Mountains}}</ref>

==Education==
The community is served by [[Davis School District]].

==Notable people==
* [[Henry McBride (politician)|Henry McBride]], fourth governor of Washington<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_washington/col2-content/main-content-list/title_mcbride_henry.html|title= Washington Governor Henry McBride|publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= October 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[LeGrand Richards]], religious leader
* [[Bruce Summerhays]], Champions Tour golfer
* [[Daniel Summerhays]], PGA Tour golfer
* [[Obert C. Tanner]] founder of [[O.C. Tanner (company)|O.C. Tanner Co.]]

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]
* [[Francis Peak]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20240321165617/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/f/FARMINGTON.shtml "Farmington"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ ''Utah History Encyclopedia.''] The article was written by Glen M. Leonard and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/f/FARMINGTON.shtml the original] on March 21, 2024 and retrieved on April 21, 2024.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Farmington, Utah}}
* {{official website|http://www.farmington.utah.gov/}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Farmington
|North     = [[Fruit Heights, Utah|Fruit Heights]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Morgan, Utah|Morgan]]
|Southeast = ''[[East Canyon State Park]]''
|South     = [[Centerville, Utah|Centerville]]
|Southwest = ''[[Great Salt Lake]]''
|West      = ''[[Great Salt Lake]]''
|Northwest = [[Kaysville, Utah|Kaysville]]
}}

{{Davis County, Utah}}
{{Utah county seats}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Farmington, Utah| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Utah]]
[[Category:Cities in Davis County, Utah]]
[[Category:County seats in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1847]]
[[Category:Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1847 establishments in Alta California]]