Place:Farmington, Marion, West Virginia, United States

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NameFarmington
TypeTown
Coordinates39.513°N 80.252°W
Located inMarion, West Virginia, United States
Contained Places
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Odd Fellows Cemetery
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Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 389 at the 2020 census.[1] It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster.

The community was named for the fact a large share of the first settlers were farmers. The area was first settled by James Goodin. A later settler, Joseph Morgan, would build a mill here in 1801. The area would later be incorporated in Marion County as the town of Farmington in 1896, but was earlier known as Willeyvile, Willeytown, and Underwood. The town was also home to mines Number 08 of Jamison Coal and Coke Co. and Number 09 of Consolidated Coal Co., to the Farmington High School "Farmers," and to several corporate chains and small family businesses that run to present day. The small town is situated on Buffalo Creek and the Allegheny Mountains about 6 miles west of Fairmont, West Virginia, Marion County's county seat.

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