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Ferry’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Ferry. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Ferry Township is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,271 at the 2020 census. Ferry Township was established in 1869. It was named for U.S.representative and later U.S. senator from Michigan Thomas W. Ferry.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,292 people in 2010, 1,271 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ferry yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ferry’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Ferry

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George WinstonGeorge WinstonHart · 8 miWalter C. WillettWalter C. WillettHart · 8 miEvan BruinsmaEvan BruinsmaNew Era · 7 miRuth ThompsonRuth ThompsonWhitehall · 13 miVAVerna AardemaNew Era · 7 miIra FlagsteadIra FlagsteadMontague · 13 mi
By decade

Ferry, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ferry is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ferry has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hart Downtown Historic District in Hart, 10.2 miles away.

Ferry and the nearest listed places

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Hart Downtown Historic DistrictJared H. Gay HouseUS 31-Pentwater River BridgeJohn C. and Augusta (Covell) Lewis HouseMears, Charles, Silver Lake BoardinghouseLittle Sable Point Light Station

Closest to Ferry

Hart Downtown Historic DistrictHart · District10.2miJared H. Gay HouseCrystal · Building12.2miUS 31-Pentwater River BridgeWeare · Built 195413miJohn C. and Augusta (Covell) Lewis HouseWhitehall · Built 187814.9miMears, Charles, Silver Lake BoardinghouseGolden · Building16.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Hart Downtown Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ferry?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ferry’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Shelby📜 Newfield📜 Elbridge📜 New Era
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