Ferney is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in Brown County,

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 42. Ferney has been assigned the ZIP code of 57439.

Demographics

History

Ferney was laid out and

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ted in 1886 by W. H. Ferney, and named for him. According to another tradition, the name is a transfer from

Ferney Ferney-Voltaire () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the France–Switzerland border, Sw ...

, France. A post office was established at Ferney in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1984.

References

Census-designated places in South Dakota Unincorporated communities in Brown County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota Aberdeen, South Dakota micropolitan area {{SouthDakota-geo-stub