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Farmington is a town located in Hartford County in central Connecticut. The population was 23,641 at the 2000 census. It is home to Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator Company, and Carvel. An affluent suburb of Hartford, Farmington was listed as one of the "preppiest" places in the United States in the 1980s best-seller The Official Preppy Handbook.

Just above the village, off Mountain Road, lies the Hill-Stead Museum. The estate, completed in 1901 and designed by Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the first woman American architects, and is known for its colonial revival architecture. Now a museum, its 19 rooms hold a nationally-recognized collection of Impressionist paintings by such masters as Manet, Monet, Whistler, Degas and Cassatt. It is also the sight of the annual Sunken Garden Poetry Festival and is a National Historic Landmark.

Miss Porter's School, an exclusive college preparatory school for girls, is in Farmington. The school, whose buildings occupy much of the village center, is a significant historic and cultural institution in its own right. Founded in 1843 by educational reformer Sarah Porter, Miss Porter’s has long been one of the most selective preparatory schools for girls in the country. Famous alumni include Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Lilly Pulitzer and members of the Bush, Vanderbilt, and Rockefeller families.

The town is also home to the University of Connecticut Health Center, where over 4,000 people work.

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