Care Unit (NICU), one of only two in Connecticut. Connecticut's first temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened in Farmington in 2016. Transportation Connecticut Transit Hartford provides local bus service. Notable people Tim Abromaitis, professional basketball player Steve Addazio, college football coach Richard M. Bissell Jr., Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for the U-2 spy plane project and the Bay of Pigs Invasion Nick Bonino, NHL hockey player Anna Roosevelt Cowles, eldest sister of President Theodore Roosevelt and aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt Ron Francis, NHL hockey player, former Farmington resident Kevin Galvin, business and health care advocate Michael Gladis, actor, raised in Farmington and graduated from Farmington High School George Gleason, Wisconsin state assemblyman Joab Hoisington, one of the founders of Vermont, militia leader on the Patriot side in the American Revolution Orville Hungerford, U.S. congressman Curtis Jackson, hip hop rapper and entrepreneur, more commonly known as 50 Cent Tebucky Jones, former New England Patriots football player Chauncey Langdon, U.S. congressman from Vermont, born in Farmington Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont Erin Pac, U.S. Olympic Women's bobsled team and two-woman bobsled event bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alfred Atmore Pope, industrialist and art collector, resided at Hill-Stead from 1901 to 1913; father of Theodate Pope Riddle Theodate Pope Riddle, noted architect and founder of Hill–Stead Museum Aric Rindfleisch, professor of business administration and department head at the College of Business at Illinois Kathleen Rubins, NASA astronaut and 60th woman in space; born in Farmington Pawel Szajda, actor, born and raised in Farmington, graduated from Farmington High School Kristen Taekman, model and cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City, born and raised in Farmington Eli Todd, pioneer in the treatment of mental disorders John Treadwell, fourth governor of the state of Connecticut Mike Tyson, former resident. In 2004, 50 Cent bought Tyson's compound, which is located about southeast from the town center Suzy Whaley, the first female golfer to qualify for a PGA event; currently the president of the LPGA Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), born in Farmington See also References External links Town of Farmington official website Farmington Chamber of Commerce 1645 establishments in Connecticut Greater Hartford Populated places on the Underground Railroad Towns in Connecticut Towns in Hartford County, Connecticut