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Welcome to Lower Ferry ...

So far, we found very little information about Lower Ferry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lower Ferry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lower Ferry, please Contact Us.


Lower Ferry would have been located within present day Brooke County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Lower Ferry, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Lower Ferry, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Time Zone: The area where Lower Ferry was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Lower Ferry still existed, it would have been in the (304) and (681)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Lower Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lower Ferry - they are located in Arkansas, Missouri and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lower Ferry.

Communities near Lower Ferry ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lower Ferry.

  • Wheeling
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Weirton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • East Liverpool
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Martins Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Toronto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toronto have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
    • Toronto is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toronto <5>
  • Wintersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintersville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Wintersville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wintersville <5>
  • Wellsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
    • Wellsville is located in Columbiana County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <5>
  • Wellsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
  • McDonald
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonald have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
    • McDonald is located in Washington County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonald <5>

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 Lower Ferry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lower Ferry.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lower Ferry. 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 Lower Ferry.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Ferry. See our Newspapers Page for Lower Ferry.

Adding Lower Ferry to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Lower Ferry was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Lower Ferry on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lower Ferry.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lower Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Brooke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.









 

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