Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Ferrelview was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1930.
The Ferrelview post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ferrelview’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ferrelview. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ferrelview.
From Wikipedia’s history of Ferrelview.
A post office called Ferrelview was established in 1925, and remained in operation as an independent post office until 1962 and at that time became a sub contracted post office and served the community as a full service post office until December 1981. The community derives its name from Mollie Ferrel Heady, a local land owner.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Grew from 116 people in 1930 to 642 in 2020, 5 times over.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ferrelview’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Ferrelview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Ferrelview had its own post office from 1925 to 1962.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Ferrelview post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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