Farmington, Utah Farmington, Utah The new City Hall, assembled in 2010 Location in Davis County and the state of Utah Location in Davis County and the state of Utah County Davis Farmington is a town/city in Davis County, Utah, United States.
The populace was 18,275 at the 2010 census and was estimated at 22,159 in 2014. It is the governmental center of county of Davis County. Lagoon Amusement Park is positioned in Farmington.
The town/city was ranked 12th on Money magazine's "Best Places to Live" index in 2011. 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.:20 The region advanced into an undefined improve originally called North Cottonwood Settlement.:21 22 In 1852, the territorial council picked North Cottonwood as the governmental center of county and officially titled it Farmington.:24 Following orders from Daniel H.
Wells and Brigham Young, Farmington inhabitants assembled a wall around the town/city in 1853 under the direction of Major Thomas S.
The city's ward moved back to the schoolhouse and the first meetinghouse was dedicated in January 1864.:33 By the early 1860s, the town of Farmington stretched for six miles between Centerville and Kaysville.:29 Lagoon Amusement Park was established here in 1886 and is situated in 100 acres (0.40 km2) of the city.
Clark was an early settler of Farmington who later established the Davis County Bank and assembled a several homes in the area, some of which are positioned in the Clark Lane Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Farmington is positioned in east-central Davis County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.0 square miles (25.8 km2), of which 9.8 square miles (25.5 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.96%, is water. Under the Koppen 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 (Dsa), if the boundary between continental and subtropical climate is an average January temperature of 0 C (32 F) clean water 3 C (27 F).
Climate data for Farmington, Utah (1981 2010) In an 1850 census of Davis County, nearly half of the Farmington inhabitants were from New York.:39 In the 2010 census there were 18,275 citizens , 5,148 homeholds, and 2,769 families living in the town/city with an average family size of 3.41.
There were 5,339 housing units at an average density of 414.7 per square mile (160.0/km ).
There were 5,148 homeholds out of which 49% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 80.8% were married couples residing together, 6.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 10.3% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 3.72 and the average family size was 3.97.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 37.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $74,250, and the median income for a family was $78,492.
About 1.6% of families and 2.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 0.2% of those age 65 or over.
The S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum, positioned in the Farmington area, includes over 90 pieces of barns equipment in all shapes and sizes. It also has two separate barns s where visitors can appreciate train rides on the first Saturday of every month from June to September.
The track gauges of the two barns s are 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge and 7 1 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge.
The Farmington Trail Committee maintains 146.49 miles of trail throughout the city.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Farmington city, Utah".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Best Places to Live, Money Magazine, 2009, archived from the initial on 2009-10-01, retrieved 2009-10-16 A History of Davis County.
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"S & S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum".
Visit Davis County, Utah.
Carson City & Mills Park RR No.
"Trails Committee Farmington City, Utah".
"Farmington Trails Information" (PDF).
"Master Trails Map - Mountains" (PDF).
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