[3] Farmer City is part of Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 sharing facilities with nearby Mansfield and Bellflower, Illinois.

[5] The Kickapoo and Potawatomi Native American tribes lived on the prairie and woodlands around Salt Creek and other local streams.

Some of the founding families were the Kirbys, McCords, Clearwaters, Watsons, Johnson, Webb, Blalach, Weedmans, Coveys, Cummings, and Huddlestons.

Hurley's Grove was just south of present-day Farmer City, with increased population by 1837, becoming part of DeWitt County in 1839.

[7] The settlement grew in population and physical size, with the center of activity moving northward.

The area became connected in 1870 by rail, prospering; that year's census listed 1276 people in the township, and 537 in Mt.

[8] City fathers helped usher the area into a modern era, with utilities such as a water tower (1920).

They are paralleled by routes of the Norfolk Southern Railway and Illinois Central Railroad, respectively.

Farmer City is home to Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18, the sports teams have the nickname “Knights”.

Farmer City is the home of WPEO-FM, an FM radio station broadcasting on a frequency of 98.3 mHz.