The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFerrum is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ferrum had a population of 1,827. Ferrum is home to Ferrum College and its Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,043 to 1,827 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ferrum 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.
Start Ferrum’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ferrum’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ferrum, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Ferrum
Ferrum has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 8 historic buildings, because Ferrum College Historic District alone counts 8.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.