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History · Ferryville

Ferryville’s post office opened in 1857, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1920.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Ferryville began

When was Ferryville founded?

1857

The Ferryville post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 203 in 19202020 census: 191169 years
Founding year: the first Ferryville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ferryville’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 Ferryville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 306 in 1940; 191 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ferryville’s history is told.

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People over time

Ferryville, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 306

Peaked at 306 in 1940; 191 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story so far

Ferryville, in brief

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

Ferryville is a village in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 191 at the 2020 census. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 35 along the Great River Road.

Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 176 to 191 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Ferryville, 1857 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Ferryville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 306
By decade

Ferryville, decade by decade

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On the map

Ferryville on the map, 1929 to 1983

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

Ferryville on the 1929 USGS mapFerryville on the 1932 USGS mapFerryville on the 1966 USGS mapFerryville on the 1983 USGS map1929Ferryville 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 Ferryville.

Questions about Ferryville’s history

What year was Ferryville founded?

The Ferryville post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (10), 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.