Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Ferguson Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 2024Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
–Not graded
History · Ferguson Township

30% of Ferguson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Ferguson Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ferguson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ferguson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19037 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1993. Watch Ferguson Township change.Old housesHalf of Ferguson Township’s homes were built before 1959.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Ferguson Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ferguson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lumber City
1853–1924
Marron
1856–1902
Kerrmoor
1893–1968
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KerrmoorLumber CityMarron
Gone or out of use
Wood Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ferguson Township
CrossFergusonLumber CityNew MillportWilliams

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Ferguson Township on the map, 1903 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ferguson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ferguson Township on the 1903 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1939 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1942 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1959 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1969 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1981 USGS mapFerguson Township on the 1993 USGS map1903Curwensville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ferguson Township.

The story so far

Ferguson Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ferguson Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ferguson Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 545 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 444 to 544 (+23%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Ferguson Township, 1853 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Lumber City post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Marron post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Kerrmoor post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Marron post office closes
  7. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1924Post officeThe Lumber City post office closes
  9. 1968Post officeThe Kerrmoor post office closes
By decade

Ferguson Township, decade by decade

Today7 recent
PA 969 wb approaching PA 729 sb, Aug. 20242024PA 969 wb approaching PA 729 sb, Aug. 2024PA 729 nb in Lumber City, Aug. 20242024PA 729 nb in Lumber City, Aug. 2024Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building, Aug. 20242024Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA municipal building,…Cemetery in Lumber City, PA, Aug. 20242024Cemetery in Lumber City, PA, Aug. 20242022-06-04 11 32 17 View west along Pennsylvania State Route 969 (Lumber City Highway) at Pennsylvania State Route 729 …20222022-06-04 11 32 17 View west along Pennsylvania Stat…Cherry Corner Road near sunset2015Cherry Corner Road near sunsetRoad sign near Grampian, Pa2011Road sign near Grampian, Pa
People over time

Ferguson Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 545

Between 410 and 545 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ferguson Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ferguson Township

Nobody well known was born in Ferguson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
John Patton Jr.American politician · b. 1850
Charles Emory PattonAmerican politician from Pennsylvania · b. 1859
Marvin L. EschAmerican politician · b. 1927
K
Ken JamesAustralian basketball player · b. 1945
Melvin L. BrownUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1931
Joseph S. AmmermanAmerican politician · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Greenwood Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJordan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike TownshipIts storyCPenn TownshipIts storyB−NewburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBell Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ferguson Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

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 (7), 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.