Farmington (New Mexico)

San Juan County

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Farmington is a town with 41,000 inhabitants (2005 ) in San Juan County in the state of New Mexico, USA. The metropolitan area has a size of 69.9 km ².

History

Spanish immigrants moved late 18th century through the area of the later San Juan County, some of whom later settled in the East. Only in the mid-1870s, the population began to grow significantly and the settlement " Farmingtown " was created, which was later renamed to Farmington. As a result, developed in place an agricultural economy and the place was officially registered in 1901 as a community.

At the beginning of the 20th century was particularly the cultivation of apples a major pillar of the economy in Farmington, before later the oil and gas production, which are still based there were added.

Farmington became known worldwide when it was reported there on 17 March 1950 three months before the outbreak of the Korean War, the largest alleged sighting of " flying saucers " in the United States.

Historical buildings

In Farmington is the historic Farmington Historic Downtown Commercial District. The area includes 62 historic buildings, in 8 blocks, between Main Street and Broadway and between the Auburn and Miller Avenue. The district was taken as a historical monument with the number 02001551 on 20 December 2002 by the National Register of Historic Places.

Population Development

¹ 1980 - 2000: census results; 2005: Updating the U.S. Census Bureau

Climate

Farmington has an average of 273 days a year of sunshine. The temperatures are in the long-term average in January at 4.4 ° C (40 ° F), minimum -7.8 ° C and maximum 32.8 ° C in July and a minimum of 15.6 ° C.