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Welcome to Ferguson ...So far, we found very little information about Ferguson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ferguson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ferguson, please Contact Us. Ferguson would have been located within present day Orangeburg County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ferguson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ferguson is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ferguson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Ferguson still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code. Communities Also Named Ferguson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Ferguson: This one is located in Orangeburg County and the other is located in Berkeley County. Beyond South Carolina, there are 30 communities that are also named Ferguson - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Texas and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ferguson. Communities near Ferguson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ferguson.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ferguson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ferguson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ferguson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ferguson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ferguson. See our Newspapers Page for Ferguson. Adding Ferguson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ferguson in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ferguson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Ferguson on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ferguson. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Orangeburg County: www.orangeburgcounty.org/ The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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