Farmington, New Mexico Farmington, New Mexico Official seal of Farmington, New Mexico Location of Farmington in New Mexico Location of Farmington in New Mexico Farmington, New Mexico is positioned in the US Farmington, New Mexico - Farmington, New Mexico State New Mexico Farmington is a town/city in San Juan County in the US state of New Mexico.
As of the 2013 populace estimate from the United States Enumeration Bureau the town/city had a total populace of 45,426 citizens .
Farmington (and encircling San Juan County) makes up one of the four Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's) in New Mexico.
Enumeration Bureau's populace estimate in 2011 for Farmington was about 45,256. Farmington is positioned at the junction of the San Juan River, the Animas River, and the La Plata River, and is positioned on the Colorado Plateau.
Farmington is the biggest city of San Juan County, one of the geographically biggest counties in the United States covering 5,538 square miles (14,340 km2).
The governmental center of county and the other town/city in San Juan County is Aztec.
Farmington serves as the commercial core for most of northwestern New Mexico and the Four Corners region of four states.
Farmington lies at or near the junction of three meaningful highways: U.S.
Highway 64, and New Mexico Highway 371.
Major coal mines are the Navajo and San Juan mines, directed by BHP Billiton 15 to 19 miles (24 to 31 km) southwest of Farmington.
The coal mined from the Navajo and San Juan mines is used entirely for fuel for the close-by Four Corners Generating Station and San Juan Power Plant to produce electric power.
Farmington is known athwart New Mexico and throughout the southwest for its baseball tournaments, and Ricketts Park is the home of the Connie Mack World Series. Farmington High School claimed the AAAA Baseball State Championship four years in a row from 2005 through 2008.
Piedra Vista High School in Farmington also claimed the AAAA Baseball State Championship in 2010 and 2011. The region that is now Farmington was settled by Ancestral Pueblo citizens in the 7th Century.
In 1901 the town was incorporated and titled Farmington with a populace of 548. By September 19, 1905, the barns was rather than connecting Farmington to Durango, Colorado, expanding economic and settlement opportunities.
With assembly of a advanced road connecting Farmington to U.S.
Government-El Paso Electric operation, an underground nuclear detonation occurred 50 miles (80 km) east of Farmington and about 25 miles (40 km) south of Dulce, New Mexico in present-day Carson National Forest.
The citizens of Farmington have been the subject of a several civil rights investigations, including the 2005 report, The Farmington Report: Civil Rights for Native Americans 30 Years Later. On March 18, 1950, Farmington was the site of a mass UFO sighting in which over half the town's populace was reported to have seen large saucers in the sky flying at rapid speeds. Enumeration Bureau, Farmington has a total region of 32.0 square miles (83 km2), of which 31.5 square miles (82 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) is water.
The Navajo Indian Reservation is west of Farmington, the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation is to the northwest, and the Southern Ute Indian Reservation is northeast of the city.
Aztec Ruins National Monument and the Salmon Ruins are ancient dwellings positioned just to the northeast and the east of Farmington.
Farmington has a semi-arid climate. The town/city can experience hot summers and cold winters with low rain throughout the year.
Climate data for Farmington, New Mexico As of the census of 2010, there were 45,895 citizens and 17,548 housing units in Farmington.
Miller store and home, Farmington, about 1885, the first store in Farmington.
The Farmington Municipal School District serves over 10,000 students in grades K-12 in 18 schools. The high schools are Farmington High School, Piedra Vista High School, and Rocinante High School.
Farmington Public Library moved into a new building in 2003 and holds about 200,000 items in its collection.
Highway 64, the primary east-west highway through San Juan County Highway 550, runs through close-by Bloomfield, NM and Aztec, NM, joins Farmington with central New Mexico, Interstate 25, and the capital town/city of Santa Fe.
New Mexico Highway 371 extends due southward from Farmington all the way to Interstate 40.
Farmington has been the home of the Connie Mack World Series baseball tournament, played in August every year at Ricketts Park (capacity 5,072), for 50 years.
San Juan Plaza in Farmington is home to an annual strongman competition, which takes place the last Saturday of July.
Farmington holds a riverfest once a year.
Pinon Hills Golf Course, designed by Ken Dye, in Farmington is one of the United States' Top Municipal Golf Courses.
Owned and directed by the City of Farmington, Pinon Hills has been ranked in the Top Municipal Golf Courses by Golfweek Magazine for a several years. Tom Bolack (1918 1998), Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico; Mayor of Farmington; oilman; rancher Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.
"New Mexico State Baseball Champions" (PDF).
New Mexico Office of the State Historian.
"Welcome to Farmington, New Mexico".
"Average Weather for Farmington, NM Temperature and Precipitation".
Farmington (city) Quick - Facts a b "Schools in Farmington New Mexico".
Farmington, NM: San Juan College Office of Institutional Research.
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