Farmington, Connecticut

Rattlesnake Mountain

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.5 km²), of which 28.0 square miles (72.6 km²) is land and 0.77 square miles (2.0 km²), or 2.65%, is water.[2]

After its founding, Farmington gave up territory to form Southington (1779), Bristol (1785), Avon (1830), Plainville (1869), and parts of Berlin (1785) and Bloomfield (1835).[8] Farmington presently borders the towns of Avon, Burlington, Newington, West Hartford, and Plainville, and the cities of New Britain and Bristol.

Farmington is mostly wooded, but there are also meadows and hills in the east and southeast. There are also numerous ponds and lakes. The Farmington River runs through the town from the northwest from Burlington, enters Unionville, then takes a sharp turn near Farmington Center and flows north towards Avon. The Metacomet Ridge, a 100-mile (160 km) range of low traprock mountain ridges, occupies the east side of Farmington as Pinnacle Rock, Rattlesnake Mountain, Farmington Mountain, and Talcott Mountain.

As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 25,340 people, 9,496 households, and 6,333 families residing in the town. The population density was 879.9 people per square mile (339.7/km²). There were 11,072 housing units at an average density of 351.2 per square mile (135.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 85.92% White, 2.21% African American, 0.04% Native American, 9.59% Asian, 0.49% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.98% of the population.[10]

There were 10,522 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. Of all households, 29.6% were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

In 2018, the median household income was $94,606 and the per capita income for the town was $56,571.[11] About 3.1% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

Top employers in Farmington according to the town's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report[14]

Farmington is home to a significant and growing number of corporations. Fortune 500 industrial conglomerate United Technologies is headquartered on Farm Springs Road along with its subsidiary Otis Elevator. Carvel, ConnectiCare, Farmington Displays, and Horizon Technology Finance, all maintain corporate headquarters in Farmington. Other prominent employers include the American Red Cross, Bank of America, Farmington Sports Arena, McKesson, Stanley Black & Decker and TRUMPF Inc.

Farmington Bank was headquartered in town until it was acquired by People's United Bank in 2018.

The Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine, is building a new facility on the grounds of the University of Connecticut Health Center, which specializes in the research and development of genomic medicine. The project is part of BioScience Connecticut, an initiative designed to launch Connecticut into the forefront of biomedical research. A growing collection of doctor's offices and medical practices is concentrated in the vicinity of the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Farmington is unique in that more people work within the town lines than actually live there, a characteristic atypical of a traditional suburb.

Farmington Public Schools operates public schools.

Students in Farmington have access to public schools that consistently rank among the best in the nation. The town has seven main public schools. The four K–4 elementary schools are Union School, West District School, Noah Wallace School, and East Farms School. The recently built West Woods Upper Elementary School houses all of grades 5 and 6. Irving A. Robbins Middle School houses grades 7 and 8. Farmington High School serves grades 9–12 for the entire town. In 2005, Farmington High School was ranked 125 on Newsweek magazine's list of the best schools in the United States,[15] in 2006 Farmington was ranked 269[16] and in 2007, 298.[17]

Miss Porter's School, an exclusive college preparatory school for girls, is in Farmington. The school, whose buildings occupy much of the village center, is a significant historic and cultural institution in its own right. Founded in 1843 by educational reformer Sarah Porter, Miss Porter's has long been one of the most selective preparatory schools for girls in the country. Famous alumni include Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Lilly Pulitzer and members of the Bush, Vanderbilt, and Rockefeller families.

Tunxis Community College is in the southwest part of the town.

UConn Health Center

The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington employs over 5,000 people. The Health Center also houses John Dempsey Hospital. The hospital provides the only full-service emergency department in the Farmington Valley and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), one of only two in Connecticut.

Connecticut's first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened in Farmington in 2016.

• Tim Abromaitis, professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Steve Addazio, Boston College head football coach[18]
• Richard M. Bissell Jr., Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for the U-2 spy plane project and the Bay of Pigs Invasion[19]
• Nick Bonino, NHL hockey player[20]
• Anna Roosevelt Cowles, eldest sister of President Theodore Roosevelt and aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt[21]
• Ron Francis, NHL hockey player, former Farmington resident
• Kevin Galvin, business and health care advocate[22]
• Michael Gladis, actor, raised in Farmington and graduated from Farmington High School[23]
• George Gleason, Wisconsin state assemblyman[24]
• Orville Hungerford, U.S. congressman[25]
• Curtis Jackson, hip hop rapper and entrepreneur, more commonly known as 50 Cent[26]
• Tebucky Jones, former New England Patriots football player
• Chauncey Langdon, U.S. congressman from Vermont, born in Farmington[27]
• Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont[28]
• Erin Pac, U.S. Olympic Women's bobsled team and two-woman bobsled event bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics[29]
• Alfred Atmore Pope, industrialist and art collector, resided at Hill-Stead from 1901 to 1913; father of Theodate Pope Riddle[30]
• Theodate Pope Riddle, noted architect and founder of Hill–Stead Museum[31]
• Aric Rindfleisch, professor of business administration and department head at the College of Business at Illinois[32]
• Kathleen Rubins, NASA astronaut and 60th woman in space; born in Farmington[33]
• Pawel Szajda, actor, born and raised in Farmington, graduated from Farmington High School[34]
• Kristen Taekman, model and cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City, born and raised in Farmington
• Eli Todd, pioneer in the treatment of mental disorders
• John Treadwell, fourth governor of the state of Connecticut[35]
• Mike Tyson, former resident. In 2004, 50 Cent bought Tyson's 18-acre (73,000 m²) compound, which is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast from the town center.[36]
• Suzy Whaley, the first female golfer to qualify for a PGA event; currently the president of the LPGA[37]
• Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), born in Farmington[38]

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