Ferney, South Dakota

Ferney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 42.[3] Ferney has been assigned the ZIP code of 57439.

Ferney, South Dakota
Census-designated place
Ferney is located in South Dakota
Ferney
Ferney
Location within the state of South Dakota
Ferney is located in the United States
Ferney
Ferney
Ferney (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°19′50″N 98°5′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyBrown
Area
[1]
 • Total1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2)
 • Land1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,304 ft (397 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total42
 • Density41.87/sq mi (16.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57439
Area code605
FIPS code46-21380
GNIS feature ID1255039

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202042—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History

Ferney was laid out and platted in 1886 by W. H. Ferney, and named for him.[5] According to another tradition, the name is a transfer from Ferney, France.[6] A post office was established at Ferney in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1984.[7]

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 15, 2022.
  3. "U.S. Census Bureau: Ferney CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 71.
  6. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 37.
  7. "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 March 2015.


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