Farmington

Web site: http://www.farmington.nh.us

Population: 5,739 (1990); 5,744 (2000); 6,575 (2006)

Overview
This town started as West Parish, a portion of Rochester that included several large farms. Those farms were separated from Rochester in 1798 as Farmington, a reference to the area's fertile farmland. It was also known as Farmington Dock because its location on the Cocheco River was an ideal spot for sawmills. Those sawmills expanded into shoe-making factories, one of the first places to use automated shoe-making machines instead of handwork. One Farmington resident known in the shoe trade was Jeremiah J. Colbath, who, after changing his name to Henry Wilson, was elected Vice-President under Ulysses S. Grant.

Geography
Region: Lakes Region
County: Strafford
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 45 miles
o Boston, MA: 80 miles
o New York, NY: 315 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 275 miles

Town Hall
Farmington Municipal Offices
356 Main Street
Farmington, NH 03835
Phone: (603) 755-2208

Town Clerk and Tax Collector
356 Main Street
Farmington, NH 03835
Phone: (603) 755-3657
Fax: (603) 755-9128

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Appointed
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Frisbie Memorial in Rochester (10 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 68
State Senate District: 3
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 1

Schools
Farmington and Middleton Schools Districts
http://www.sau61.com

Farmington Senior High School
1 Thayer Dr
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-2811

Henry Wilson Memorial School
51 School St
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-2181‎
(603) 755-9174

Valley View Community Elementary School
79 Thayer Dr
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-4757

Services
Farmington Police Department
531 Main St
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-2731
http://www.farmingtonpd.com/

Farmington Fire Department
Main Street
Farmington, NH 03835
Telephone: 603-755-2131

Goodwin Library
9 Main St
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-2944‎
http://goodwinlibrary.com/