Joe Manchin

Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census. It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster. Farmington is located at 39°30′47″N 80°15′7″W / 39.51306°N... 80.25194°W / 39.51306; -80.25194 , along Buffalo Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square miles , all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 387 people, 163 households, and 108 families residing in the town. The population density was 917.3 inhabitants per square mile . There were 194 housing units at an average density of 459.8 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 96.90% White, 1.81% African American, and 1.29% from two or more races. There were 163 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.
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Gayle Conelly Manchin is the wife of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and served as West Virginia's First Lady from 2005 to 2010. She grew up in Beckley, West Virginia and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Language Arts and Education and a... Master of Arts in Reading from West Virginia University. In 1967, she married Joe Manchin and settled in Fairmont, West Virginia, having three children. In 1999, Salem International University awarded her second Master’s degree, in Educational Technology Leadership. She then worked in education, including as a member of the faculty of Fairmont State University. She later served as Director of the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow Program in West Virginia During his term, the Governor appointed her to serve in a number of other service positions.
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