1875

The Spanish moved north in the early 1800s, eventually settling in San Juan county. It was not until the mid 1870s that the population of the area began to grow with the actual settlement of what was to become Farmingtown, later shortened to Farmington. Settled by pioneers of Animas City, Colorado at the confluence of the La Plata, Animas, and San Juan rivers, Farmington began to blossom into a flourishing farm and ranch economy and was officially incorporated as a town in 1901.