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City of Ferris |
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Main St. & FM 983, Ferris,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 31' 51.682332",
-96° 40' 0.760836"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Sire was occupied in 1851 by the Ephriam Andrews family and their in-laws, the McKnights, settling a purchased land grant. The Duffs, Greens, McDaniels, and Orrs also pioneered here. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded in 1858. The Andrews family (1874) deeded 100-acre townsite, named for Judge J.W. Ferris (1823-99), to the Houston & Texas Central Railway. Post office opened June 22, 1874, in store of the first Postmaster, Jackson J. Straw. First cotton gin opened in 1880; first newspaper in 1889. The Ferris Institute was operated 1892-1907. City has been a brick-making center since 1895.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
City of Ferris Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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