Farmington Hills

History

The first white settler in what became Farmington Township was a Quaker from Farmington, New York, named Arthur Power. He purchased land in 1823 and returned in 1824 with a group of families and associates to clear the land. The settlement became known as Quakertown. A post office was established in February 1826 with the name of Farmington. The original post office is still standing today and is a designated historic site. The township of Farmington was organized in 1827, and the settlement was incorporated as the village of Farmington in the winter of 1866–67. A fire on October 9, 1872, destroyed many buildings in the village center. Farmington was incorporated as a city in 1926. A small settlement was also developed in Clarenceville, in the extreme southeast corner of the township on the boundary with Livonia in Wayne County. Stephen Jennings built a tavern and a general store (now the Botsford Inn) to accommodate travelers on the plank road between Detroit and Howell. The name remains in the Clarenceville School District. Even though the school buildings for Clarenceville are in Livonia in Wayne County, the school district serves a portion of Farmington Hills. In 1839, a post office named East Farmington was opened, but it closed in 1842. In 1847, a post office named North Farmington was established a mile south of the township line as Wolcott's Corners. After the death of postmaster Chauncey D. Walcott in 1865, the office moved to the township line in the northeast quarter of section 4 (near the intersection of 14 Mile Road and Farmington Road). The post office functioned until September 1902. Before the remainder of Farmington Township was incorporated as the city of Farmington Hills, there were two other incorporated entities within its boundaries. The first…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Farmington Hills is bordered by West Bloomfield to the north, Franklin and Southfield to the east, Livonia to the south, and Novi to the west.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Novi High School
  High · NOVI · 2,101 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• West Bloomfield High School
  High · WEST BLOOMFIELD · 1,652 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• Bloomfield Hills High School
  High · Bloomfield Hills · 1,598 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• Farmington High School
  High · FARMINGTON · 1,400 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• North Farmington High School
  High · FARMINGTON HILLS · 1,268 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• Ernest W Seaholm High School
  High · BIRMINGHAM · 1,215 students · 15:1 ratio
• Berkley High School
  High · BERKLEY · 1,210 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology
  High · Southfield · 1,208 students · 18.3:1 ratio