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Farmington
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city in and county seat of St. Francois County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- St. Francois
- Type
- City council
- Mayor
- Chris Morrison
- Total
- 9.55 sq mi (24.74 km )
- Land
- 9.49 sq mi (24.59 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 948 ft (289 m)
- Density
- 1,918.8/sq mi (740.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-23752
- Website
- http://farmington-mo.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Farmington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- St. Francois County
- Population
- 18217
- Area
- 24.315107
- Elevation
- 279
- Capital of
- St. Francois County
- Official website
- farmington-mo.gov
- Image
- Post office, Farmington, MO.jpg
- Households
- 6586
- Dialing code
- 573
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- postal code
- 63640
- inception
- 1822-01-01
- Commons category
- Farmington, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 0.4114
- different from
- Farmington
- per capita income
- 21302
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Farmington is a city in and the county seat of St. Francois, Missouri, United States. It is in the Lead Belt region in Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,217. Farmington was established in 1822 as Murphy's Settlement, named for William Murphy of Kentucky, who first visited the site in 1798. When St. Francois County was organized, the town was briefly called St. Francois Court House and later renamed to Farmington.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Farmington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.