Farmington is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.

Settlers began arriving in Empire Township, in which Farmington grew, in the early 1850s.

Another event, the Great Fire of Farmington on November 22, 1879, destroyed several houses, stores, a hotel, and a grain elevator in the current downtown area.

Farmington was one of the first communities in the United States to offer rural free mail delivery in 1897.

Recently the city has expanded to include several suburban neighborhoods north of the original downtown.

Farmington is still separated by Lakeville to the north and west by farms, but it continues to be incorporated in the expanding suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

Farmington is home to three properties listed on the Register of Historic Places for Dakota County: the Daniel F. Akin House, the Church of the Advent, and the Exchange Bank Building.

[6] Farmington is the location of the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZMP)[11] and a Marigold Kemps packing plant.

Farmington has many biking and walking trails integrated within its housing communities.

The trail along the Vermillion River unites the downtown, uptown, and Empire Township neighborhoods.

Farmington schools are operated by ISD 192 and currently enroll approximately 6,900 students.

[14] The district range includes the cities of Farmington and the east portion of Lakeville, and the Townships of Castle Rock, Empire, and Eureka.

Farmington is in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, represented by Angie Craig.