Editing Farwell, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Farwell, Michigan
|official_name            = Village of Farwell
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Looking east along Main Street ([[M-115 (Michigan highway)|M-115]])
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare County]]

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Civil township|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Surrey Township, Michigan|Surrey]]

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|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=Village of Farwell|url=https://villageoffarwell.net/node/16|title=Village Council|date=2022|accessdate=September 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Village of Farwell|url=https://villageoffarwell.net/node/14|title=Administrative Staff|date=2022|accessdate=September 3, 2022}}</ref>
|government_type          = [[Town council|Village council]]
|leader_title             = President
|leader_name              = Tracey Jackson
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Adrian Krawczynski
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1870
|established_title1       = Incorporated
|established_date1        = 1879

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|area_total_km2           = 3.65
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.37
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 880
|population_density_km2   = 248.77
|population_density_sq_mi = 644.22

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_ft             = 928
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48622
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-27500<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>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0625851<ref>{{GNIS|0625851}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://villageoffarwell.net}}
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'''Farwell''' is a [[Administrative_divisions_of_Michigan#Villages|village]] in [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].  The population was 880 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].  The village is located within [[Surrey Township, Michigan|Surrey Township]] about {{convert|4.0|mi|km|1}} west of the city of [[Clare, Michigan|Clare]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.41|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (2.84) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

The south branch of the [[Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River tributary)|Tobacco River]] flows through the village and contains the Mill Pond reservoir.<ref>{{GNIS|632345|Mill Pond}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|115|name1=Main Street}} runs west–east through the center of the village.

==History==
[[File:George and Martha Hitchcock House (09 2022).jpg|thumb|250px|left|The [[George and Martha Hitchcock House]] was built in 1885.  It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and is also a [[Michigan State Historic Preservation Office|Michigan State Historic Site]].]]
Farwell was founded in 1870 by Edmund Hall, John Van Riper, and George Hitchcock.  The Farwell post office opened on January 20, 1871, with George Hitchcock serving as the first postmaster.  It was informally [[plat]]ted in 1871 and officially platted the following year by Josiah Littlefield of Ann Arbor.  The [[Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad]] had plans of expanding into the area on a new route connecting [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] to [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]], which was completed by the end of the decade.  The new community was named after New York native Samuel Farwell, who had an interest in the railroad and was a construction contractor.  In 1871, Farwell became the first county seat of Clare County but lost the seat of government to [[Harrison, Michigan|Harrison]] in 1879 after the Farwell courthouse burned down two years earlier.  Farwell incorporated as a village in 1879.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=192, 254}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Village of Farwell|url=https://villageoffarwell.net/node/51|title=Farwell History|date=2022|accessdate=September 2, 2022}}</ref>

In 1982, the [[Rock Road massacre]] occurred to the west of Farwell in [[Garfield Township, Clare County, Michigan|Garfield Township]].  Due to its proximity to the village, it became known as the "Farwell Murders" and brought national attention to the area.<ref>{{cite news|title=Small Town in Michigan Feels the Dread That Follows Mass Murder|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 19, 1982|page=12|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/19/us/small-town-in-michigan-feels-the-dread-that-follows-mass-murder.html}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 521
|1890= 584
|1900= 535
|1910= 522
|1920= 449
|1930= 422
|1940= 538
|1950= 694
|1960= 737
|1970= 777
|1980= 804
|1990= 851
|2000= 855
|2010= 871
|2020= 880
|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>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 871 people, 373 households, and 229 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|645.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 411 housing units at an average density of {{convert|304.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 373 households, of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.6% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.85.

The median age in the village was 40.4 years. 22% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 27.2% were from 45 to 64; and 18.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 855 people, 369 households, and 214 families residing in the village.  The population density was {{convert|620.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 404 housing units at an average density of {{convert|293.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 97.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.52% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.12% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.35% of the population.

There were 369 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 83.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $24,583, and the median income for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $29,063 versus $20,329 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,870.  About 7.2% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Farwell is served by its own school district, [[Farwell Area Schools]], which is centralized in the village and also serves several adjacent townships in both Clare and [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella County]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_CLARE%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820064728/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_CLARE%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=live|title=Clare County School Districts|date=November 15, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Images==
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File:Farwell, MI post office.jpg|{{center|U.S. Post Office in Farwell}}
File:Farwell, MI village office.jpg|{{center|Farwell Village Hall}}
File:Ladies' Library Association of Farwell 2022.jpg|{{center|Ladies' Library Association of Farwell}}
File:Farwell-Surrey Township library, Michigan.jpg|{{center|Farwell–Surrey Township Public Library}}
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Clare County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Villages in Michigan]]
[[Category:Villages in Clare County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1870]]
[[Category:Former county seats in Michigan]]