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 ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in Wharton Township,

Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county wa ...

. Farmington is located along

U.S. Route 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid- ...

, the

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, approximately southeast of

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, and is the closest settlement to

Fort Necessity National Battlefield Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, which preserves the site of the Battle of Fort Necessity. The battle, which took place on July 3, 1754, was an early battle of the ...

. It is also home to Historic Summit Inn Resort, the four-star

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Nemacolin (formerly known as Nemacolin Woodlands Resort) is a four-season resort in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph H ...

and the New Meadow Run and Spring Valley Bruderhofs, two of a group of international Christian communities with about 200 members in each. As of the 2010 census, the population of Farmington was 767.

Geography

Farmington is located in northeastern Wharton Township at

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39° 48′ 28″ North, 79° 34′ 1″ West (39.807220, -79.566154). Via

, Uniontown, the Fayette County seat, is to the northwest, and

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, is to the southeast.

is to the northwest via US 40 and

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. The U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code for Farmington is 15437.

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Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Mystic Rock golf course

Spring Valley Bruderhof CommunitySummit Inn
{{authority control Census-designated places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania

Geography

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