Farmington is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Center Township,
Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of Dav ...
, United States.
History
Farmington had its start by the building of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...
through that territory.
The post office was opened in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.
Notable people
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Pardee Butler
Pardee Butler (March 9, 1816 in Onondaga County, New York – October 20, 1888 in Farmington, Atchison County, Kansas) was a farmer and Restoration Movement preacher who arrived in Kansas in 1855 and was involved there in the run-up to the America ...
- Free-State advocate, abolitionist, preacher
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Milo Hastings
Milo Milton Hastings (June 28, 1884 – February 25, 1957) was an American inventor, author, and nutritionist. He invented the forced-draft chicken incubator and Weeniwinks, a health-food snack. He wrote about chickens, science fiction, and h ...
- Inventor
References
Further reading
External links
* Atchison County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Atchison County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
1868 establishments in Kansas
Populated places established in 1868
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