Division of Forestry Region 1 Office

About forestry service, 15459, Markleysburg, PA, US, West Virginia

Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. The small town is situated on Buffalo Creek and the Allegheny Mountains about 6 miles west of Fairmont, Marion County's county seat. It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster. == History == The community was named for the fact a large share of the first settlers were farmers. The area was first settled by James Goodin, Nicholas Wood, Jacob Straight, and by William Willey (father of Senator Waitman Willey) in the late 1700s. Their first settlements were built on and around the Chatham Hill area. A later settler, Joseph Morgan, built the town's first grist, saw, and carding mill here in 1801, and Daniel Tennant built the first steam grist mill in 1883. In addition to the listed settlers, many other of the first families to settle Farmington included names such as Bock, Downs, Dudley, Martin, Laidley, and Yost. Several of these first families took part in the defense of western Virginia against Natives during the American Revolution, serving with the Monongalia County Militia or other Continental Regiments.