Farmington, Pennsylvania
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  Farmington Location of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania  Farmington Farmington (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′28″N 79°34′1″W / 39.80778°N 79.56694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Fayette |
| Township | Wharton |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.59 sq mi (6.70 km2) |
| • Land | 2.54 sq mi (6.59 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,831 ft (558 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 735 |
| • Density | 288.80/sq mi (111.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 15437 |
| Area code(s) | 724, 878 |
| FIPS code | 42-25280 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1174626 |
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Farmington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Farmington is located along U.S. Route 40, the National Road, approximately 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, and is the closest settlement to Fort Necessity National Battlefield. It is also home to Historic Summit Inn Resort, the four-star Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and the New Meadow Run and Spring Valley Bruderhofs, two of a group of international Christian communities[3] with about 200 members in each.[4] As of the 2010 census, the population of Farmington was 767.[5]
Geography
[edit]Farmington is located in northeastern Wharton Township at geographical coordinates 39° 48′ 28″ North, 79° 34′ 1″ West (39.807220, -79.566154). Via U.S. Route 40, Uniontown, the Fayette County seat, is 12 miles (19 km) to the northwest, and Cumberland, Maryland, is 50 miles (80 km) to the southeast. Pittsburgh is 60 miles (97 km) to the northwest via US 40 and Pennsylvania Route 51.
The U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code for Farmington is 15437.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 735 | — | |
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See also
[edit]- Farmington Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
- Farmington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- Farmington Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
- Mertztown, Pennsylvania, which includes a small village named Farmington
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bruderhof Communities - GAMEO". gameo.org. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ Dreher, Rod. "Life Among The Bruderhof". The American Conservative. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Farmington CDP, Pennsylvania". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Mystic Rock golf course
- Spring Valley Bruderhof Community
- Summit Inn
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