Farmington, Kansas

Farmington is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, USA.^[1]

History

Farmington had its start by the building of the Missouri Pacific Railroad through that territory.^[2]

A post office was opened in Farmington in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farmington, Kansas
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 632.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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Municipalities and communities of Atchison County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Atchison

Cities	Atchison Effingham Huron Lancaster Muscotah

Unincorporated communities	Arrington Cummings Eden Farmington Good Intent Kennekuk Larkinburg‡ Monrovia Oak Mills Parnell Port Williams Potter St. Pats Shannon

Indian reservations	Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas‡

Townships	Benton Center Grasshopper Kapioma Lancaster Mount Pleasant Shannon Walnut

Ghost towns	Mount Pleasant Pardee

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°31′07″N 95°18′35″W / 39.51861°N 95.30972°W / 39.51861; -95.30972

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