Welcome to Ferguson ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ferguson, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Ferguson: Named after David Ferguson (1861-1903), an early settler in this area.

Ferguson is 3,210 feet [978 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the altitude of Ferguson is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Ferguson lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Note: If you leave Ferguson and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Telephone area codes for Ferguson: (250) and (778)<2>

Communities Also Named Ferguson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Ferguson - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina (2), Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Ferguson ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Ferguson.

Beaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaton
- Former name for Beaton:
- Thomson's Landing
- Beaton has also been known as:
- Evansport
Comaplix ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Comaplix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comaplix
Gerrard ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gerrard came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
Arrowhead ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
Shelter Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
Poplar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
Fosthall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosthall

Adding Ferguson to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ferguson was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ferguson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ferguson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ferguson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250).
<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>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.