THE FARMINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Palouse Hills setting.
Farmington town has 0.36 square miles of land in Whitman County. Its Census reference point is in Palouse Hills, within Columbia Plateau.
Basalt underlies this dry plateau of grassland and sagebrush. Windblown soils cover some uplands, while ancient flood paths exposed rock across the region's scabland terrain.
Regional context: Columbia Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Farmington and Whitman County
Farmington is associated with Whitman County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Farmington by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Farmington, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Whitman County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Farmington town has 38.5% of the land area of nearby Garfield town (0.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

