Ferguson Map
Ferguson is a city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States, just south of downtown Somerset.
The population was 881 at the 2000 census.
The city has always been Ferguson, but the post office was first named Luretha for the postmaster George Wynn's daughter. There was already a post office named Ferguson so they couldn't use that name for the post office. After the original Ferguson post office was closed, the Luretha Post Office was renamed in 1950 for Cincinnati attorney Edward Ferguson, who helped get railroad tracks laid through the community in 1869. Repair shops for the steam engines of Southern Railroad were built here in 1906. They remained in service and were a major economic asset to the community until after WWII. These shops were permanently closed as the switch over to diesel engines occurred.
Nearby cities include Somerset, Eubank, Burnside, Science Hill.