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We found 30 communities that share the name Ferguson.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Ferguson.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Mississippi ...
Perry County
This Ferguson is located in Perry County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Ferguson.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cherokee County
This Ferguson is located in Cherokee County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Ferguson.
Arkansas
Phillips County
This Ferguson is located in Phillips County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Ferguson.
British Columbia
This Ferguson lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
Georgia
Lee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ferguson [Lee County].
Idaho
Shoshone County
This Ferguson is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Ferguson.
Indiana
Allen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ferguson [Allen County].
Iowa
Marshall County
This Ferguson is located in Marshall County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the north of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Ferguson.
Kansas
Harper County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ferguson [Harper County].
Kentucky
Logan County
This Ferguson is located in Logan County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Ferguson.
Pulaski County
This Ferguson is located in Pulaski County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Ferguson.
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
This Ferguson is located in Bossier Parish and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Ferguson.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Ferguson is located in Calvert County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Ferguson.
Michigan
Alger County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ferguson [Alger County].
Chippewa County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ferguson [Chippewa County].
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the north of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Ferguson.
Nevada
Lincoln County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ferguson [Lincoln County].
North Carolina
Haywood County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ferguson [Haywood County].
Wilkes County
This Ferguson is located in Wilkes County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Ferguson.
Ohio
Lorain County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lorain County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Ferguson.
Ontario
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ferguson [Allegheny County].
Fayette County
This Ferguson is located in Fayette County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Ferguson.
Perry County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ferguson [Perry County].
Quebec
This Ferguson lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ferguson [Berkeley County].
Orangeburg County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ferguson [Orangeburg County].
Texas
Jasper County
This Ferguson is located in Jasper County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Ferguson.
West Virginia
Kanawha County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ferguson [Kanawha County].
Wayne County
This Ferguson is located in Wayne County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ferguson that is located in Lawrence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Ferguson.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ferguson ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ferguson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ferguson and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Ferguson to Jackson, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,779 miles [10,909.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,490 miles [12,054 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,366 miles [8,635.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ferguson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ferguson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6324, Longitude: -90.0818 In this case, the coordinates for Ferguson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ferguson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ferguson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ferguson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.511 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.158 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.964 degrees.