{"id":40438,"count":1,"description":"Ferris is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,175 at the 2000 census.\nFerris is located at 32\u00b032\u20327\u2033N 96\u00b040\u20321\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff32.53528\u00b0N 96.66694\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 32.53528; -96.66694 (32.535144, \u221296.667038).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1\u00a0square miles (8.1\u00a0km\u00b2), all of it land. Most of the city lies within Ellis County, with only a small portion in Dallas County.\nSettlement of the area began in the early 1870s. On September 28, 1874, a local family deeded approximately 100 acres (0.40\u00a0km) of land to four trustees for the establishment of a town and railway station. Judge Justus Wesley Ferris of Waxahachie handled the transaction and the community was named for him. Within ten years, Ferris had a population of 300 with a post office, gristmills, cotton gins, four churches, and a school.\nOn September 18, 1882, an election was held to incorporate the community. A total of 47 votes were cast \u2013 34 (72%) in favor of...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/ferris\/","name":"Ferris","slug":"ferris","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/40438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=40438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}