Farmington, Missouri

== History == William Murphy migrated from Kentucky to this former area of La Louisiane west of the Mississippi River in 1798, when it was under Spanish rule.

His wife Sarah and their grown sons carried out establishing the settlement around 1800.

The United States acquired this area as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

A post office in Murphy's Settlement was opened in 1817.

Missouri was admitted as a state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise.

Farmington was established in 1822 as Murphy's Settlement, named for William Murphy of Kentucky, who first visited the site in 1798.

Murphy's Settlement was renamed Farmington in 1825, taking the name from the area's rich farm land.

Farmington was granted incorporation as a town in 1836 and became a village 20 years later in 1856.

The first public school was constructed in 1870 and in 1879.

In 1981 Farmington became a third-class city.

=== Climate === Average temperatures in the following chart are taken from National Weather Service averages from 1991 to 2020.

=== 2000 census === As of the census of 2000, there were 13,924 people, 4,647 households, and 2,909 families living in the city.

During the 2008–2009 school year, there was a total of 3,743 students and 306 certified staff members enrolled in the Farmington R-VII School District.

Francois County and Washington County and has a population of 90,554 as of 2010.

== Notable people == Sam Agnew, Major League Baseball catcher Jake Arrieta, Major League Baseball pitcher, 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner Herbert Asbury, writer Ed Blaine, forme...

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $44,093 (with a margin of error of +/- $6,491) and the median family income wa...

=== 2020 census === The 2020 United States census counted 18,217 people, 6,586 households, and 4,014 families in Farmington.