Farmington Peace River Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. SW of junction of Coal Creek and Kiskatinaw River, NW of Dawson Creek (city), Peace River Land District

Mapped Location

Farmington: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Farmington

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Farmington

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Farmington Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Farmington

References to Farmington that document the origin of its place name

Farmington (Post Office) adopted 5 May 1949. Form of name changed to Farmington (community) 31 December 1982 on 93P/15 and 93P/16.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Farmington Post Office was opened 3 July 1935, Mary Trail, postmistress; closed 10 July 1945 then re-opened 9 October 1945 (at the time of temporary closing, the post office was situated on SW 1/4, Sec 6, Tp 80, R 16 - subsequent location(s) not recorded.)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Peace River Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01