They had two camps located near Farmington Falls, with fields cleared for cultivation of maize and potatoes.

Their fort's stockade enclosed about an acre at the center of what is today Farmington Falls village.

A group from Topsham arrived in 1776 to explore the area and lay out a town, called Plantation No.

1 or Sandy River Plantation, but permanent settlement was delayed by the Revolutionary War.

On February 1, 1794, Sandy River Plantation was incorporated as Farmington, named for its unusually fertile soil.

Beginning with a cluster of log houses at Farmington Falls, the town grew quickly and prospered.

Farmington became one of the largest wool producing towns in New England, with many herds of sheep grazing the hills and intervales.

[7] In 1859, the Androscoggin Railroad completed its line from Leeds Junction to Farmington, carrying freight and tourists.

[4] In 1879, the town became the southern terminus for the narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad (later part of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad), making it a gateway to the Rangeley Lake and Sugarloaf Mountain areas.

Farmington suffered a devastating fire on October 22, 1886, when thirty-three houses, nineteen stores, three churches, the county jail and the post office were destroyed.

It borders the towns of Industry and New Sharon to the east, Chesterville to the south, Wilton to the southwest, Temple to the west, and Strong and New Vineyard to the north.

[8] Winters are cold and snowy, with forty nights per year under 0 °F or −17.8 °C and 68.6 days failing to top freezing.

[14] Farmington is the subject of a prophecy by the Quaker Licia Kuenning (formerly Lisa Bieberman) about a Coming New Order in the town.

This was originally prophesied for Tuesday, June 6, 2006 but, after gathering more than 80 people together with no apparent miracles on that date, is now[when?]