It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 1801, Ferguson Township formed around a mill at the base of Tussey Mountain.

Other small villages that were first established in the early nineteenth century include Gatesburg, a mining town, Pattonville, which would later merge with Pine Grove Mills, Rock Springs, and Baileyville.

The Bucher Ayres Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania, a charter school in Westway, teaches Chinese and Spanish to all students from kindergarten through eighth grade.

[11] The largest Asian ethnic groups in Ferguson are Chinese (1,614), Korean (288), Kazakh (187), Filipino (148), Indian (115), Japanese (88), Cambodian (44), Mongolian (35), and Bangladeshi (26).

Supervisors each serve four-year terms for a maximum of two-terms before a minimum two-year break.

Federally, the Township of Ferguson is part of Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.