City of Farmington

Farmington's humble beginning started with settlers from the North and East tilling the soil and erecting homes in the area. Among the earliest settlers was a number of Baptists and various religious groups from Georgia, Virginia, North and South Carolina. A group setup a Baptist Church, thus around 1800 Farmington Baptist Church had its beginning. In 1817, Congress admitted all the land of the Territory of Mississippi as the State of Mississippi, and by 1832 the northern part of the state was safely within her bounds. The area crew so quickly that by 1838 the State of Ms. Legislature incorporated the area surrounding the Church into a town. The town limits increased in 1839 and again in 1842. Farmington Academy was charted in 1839 to be setup near the Town of Farmington. By 1842 the town had a Church, several homes, General Store, a Post-Office, Blacksmith, Saddle and Harness shop and a Wheat-fan Manufacturing Plant. Then came the war as Union troops moved through Shiloh towards Corinth a battle was fought in Farmington on May 9th, 1862. Following that day of battle skirmishes followed on the 10th, 12th, 19th, and 22nd. After the guns were silenced Farmington was gone. What wasn't burned was torn apart so the wood could be used as floors in the tents. Many challenges followed from yellow fever to the Church building being burned in 1943. The City of Farmington was then re-incorporated on May 23rd, 1997.