[3] The site that would eventually become Ferrisburgh was originally called Varenbrug, or 'Fern Bridge' by Dutch explorers from the colony of New Amsterdam.

[4] The Dutch operated a trading post at the site, doing business with French voyageurs and Native American merchants until it was abandoned during the course of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1673.

The English burned the old Dutch trading post, and did not settle the area, which eventually became a meeting site for diverse peoples.

Ferrisburgh women found themselves involved in rear guard action during the Battle of Gettysburg, as Confederate soldiers stormed Big Round Top.

Laura Fitzgerald, an Irish immigrant to Ferrisburgh, fired a musket towards the Confederate lines, causing the snipers to scatter.

Artists and provocateurs from around the greater New England region came to the colony to express appreciation for the more esoteric arts, as well as to hold more than one rally in support of radical politics.

The original settlement of Ferrisburgh anticipated an eventual population of 25,000 inhabitants, a number not yet reached as of the 2010 census.

Neighboring towns within Addison County are Monkton to the east, New Haven to the southeast, and Waltham and Panton to the south.

The town of Essex, New York, touches the northernmost part of the Ferrisburgh border within Lake Champlain.

Basin Harbor is a small community on the shore of Lake Champlain that has frequently been the site of dispute over the town's lakeside boundary with Vergennes, as well as the State of New York.

Amtrak's daily Ethan Allen Express train serves the station, providing direct rail service to Burlington, Middlebury, Rutland, Albany, and New York City.

The Rokeby Museum was selected in 2012 as Vermont's 'Most Compelling Historical Site' by the Ferriburgh Beacon's editorial staff.