Farmington’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Farmington. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Farmington was so named to distinguish its agricultural setting from the nearby mining regions.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Farmington’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Farmington’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamp of migratory fruit pickers. …, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Farmington
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Farmington, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Farmington is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Farmington has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Panoramic Hill in Manteca, 8.7 miles away.
Farmington and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camp of migratory fruit pickers. Farmington, California (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.