History of Farmington, Connecticut, USA

Farmington, a wealthy post town, is situated 10 miles west from Hartford. It is bounded east by Hartford and Berlin, north by Simsbury, west by Bristol & Burlington, and south by Southington. It comprises an area of about 70 square miles, or 44,800 acres; being nearly 11 miles in length from north to south, and averaging nearly 7 miles in breath from east to west. Farmington is characterised by features peculiarly striking and various, both as it respects its surface and soil; having a range of mountains extending through the town, extensive plains and considerable tracts of alluvial upon the borders of Farmington or Tunxis river. This river here is sixty or seventy yards in width, and the natural meadows which it affords, are peculiarly fertile and charming...

Farmington, Connecticut
Hartford county. The first settlers of this town were from Hartford, being emigrants from the neighborhood of Boston, Mass. They located themselves, in 1640, on the luxuriant meadows of the Tunxis, or Farmington river, 10 miles W. from Hartford. The township was purchased of the Tunxis Indians, a numerous and warlike tribe. At its incorporation in 1645 the township comprised fifteen miles square; since which the pleasant towns of Southington, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington and Avon have been taken from the original territory of Farmington.

Farmington river rises in the high lands in the N. part of Litchfield county, and after meandering delightfully through the towns of New Hartford and Burlington, in a S.E. direction, it changes its course at Farmington to the N., and passing Avon and Simsbury to the border of Granby, it again turns abruptly to the E. and meets the Connecticut at Windsor. This is a beautiful and fertilizing stream, and gives to the towns...

Farmington. a post-township of Hartford co., Connecticut, 10 miles W. by S. from Hart ford, on the New Haven and Northampton rail road. Round Hill, in this place, is regarded as a great natural curiosity. Pop., 2630.

FARMINGTON, a township of Hartford co., in the state of Connecticut, 9 miles SW of Hartford, situated on the Farmington canal, which extends from New Haven to Northampton, in the state of Massachusetts, and intersected by two mountain ridges running NNE and SSW. It is watered by a river of the same name. The soil, except on the banks of the river, is light and sandy. Pop. 2,041. The village stands on an elevated plain, at the base of the E range, and consists chiefly of a single street, containing about 100 dwellings.

Farmington, a beautiful post-village of Hartford co., Conn., on the Farmington River, and in a township of the same name, 9 or 10 miles W.S.W. of Hartford. It is 1 mile E. of the Farmington Station of the New Haven & Northampton Railroad, at the junction of the Collinsville Branch, 31 miles N. of New Haven. It has a savings bank, several churches, and a money-order post-office. The township contains Unionville, and has a pop. (1890) of 3179.