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Farmington

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The St. Francois County seat and a service center for the Old Lead Belt, with city permits, county records, parks, and mining history nearby.

Farmington is a city in St. Francois County, in the Southeast Missouri region. Start here to see which local offices, taxes, paperwork, or practical quirks deserve a second look.

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  • Farmington is the county seat, while the wider Lead Belt includes several other towns and former mining areas.
  • Mine cleanup or tailings questions must be checked for the specific site, not assumed countywide.
  • City permitting and county assessment, tax, and recording are different jobs.
Type
city
Region
Southeast Missouri
County
St. Francois County
Local notes
14
Nearby places
4

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Use these local pages for current forms, records, offices, or tax guidance.

City of Farmington Local forms, records, contacts, or notices live here. St. Francois County Local forms, records, contacts, or notices live here.

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Short notes on the taxes, paperwork, and local-government layers tied to this place.

Building permits can start with the county or the city St. Francois County lists a county building permit through the clerk, while Farmington has its own city building-permit process. Farmington business licenses route through city review Farmington's official business-license page says applications are routed to building, zoning, and fire officials before the city clerk issues the license. Personal-property filing starts with the assessor e-file St. Francois County's assessor offers an e-file path for personal-property assessment lists, with the county assessment deadline clearly noted. Deed index books and recorded documents are online St. Francois County's recorder says deed index books and recorded documents are available online through its land-records tools. Road and Bridge is the county-road contact St. Francois County lists Road and Bridge as the contact for county road maintenance, county bridges, and low-water crossing information. Tax receipt searches run through the collector St. Francois County's collector page points residents to online tax inquiry for real estate, personal property, and merchant license records.

Local notes

Worth knowing here

History, quirks, and color that give this place some shape.

Knob Lick Towersite looks over St. Francois County's glade country Knob Lick Towersite south of Farmington keeps an old fire-tower view and a small granite glade on the St. Francois County map. Hickory Canyons keeps Ice Age plants in Ste. Genevieve County Hickory Canyons Natural Area has sandstone box canyons, cool cliff faces, short trails, and glacial relict plants northeast of Farmington. County business in St. Francois runs through the commission St. Francois County says county business, including road operations, budgeting, security, and courthouse management, goes through the commission. Farmington's bikeway ties parks, downtown, and St. Joe access together Farmington's bikeway page lists spurs and loops that connect the Civic Center, Engler Park, downtown, and trailheads toward St. Joe State Park. Mineral Area College is a Park Hills education anchor Mineral Area College traces its district roots to St. Francois-area school districts and its main campus to Park Hills. Farmington's square has a documented historic-building layer A Missouri historic survey identifies Farmington as the original county seat and treats the courthouse-square area as a documented historic-building landscape.

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A nearby city, county, or region may change the office or rule you need.

Jefferson County A St. Louis-area county where emissions checks can matter for vehicles, while property-tax levies vary by school and special district. Hillsboro The Jefferson County seat, where many county tax, court, record, and administrative errands lead even when residents live closer to larger towns. Cape Girardeau A Mississippi River city where floodplain, riverfront, historic property, and county assessment details can be part of the practical answer. St. Louis County A county full of municipalities, school districts, fire districts, occupancy rules, and emissions checks. The municipality can matter almost as much as the mailing address.

Last reviewed June 18, 2026. For parcel, license, tax, or permit details, use the office that controls that record.

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