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Ferron is a city in western Emery County, Utah, and the 2020 census counted 1,474 residents in 544 households, with a median age of 39.0 years.

Ferron was settled in 1877, when three Mormon families answered a call from the LDS Church to settle in Castle Valley, leaving on November 15, 1877 and arriving about 21 days later.

Ferron was the last major area Brigham Young called people to settle before he died in August 1877.

The town is named for government surveyor Augustus D. Ferron, who agreed to be dunked in the creek he camped by in exchange for the creek being named Ferron's Creek, and the town later dropped the s from Ferron.

Ferron was incorporated in 1900.

Ferron lies along Utah State Route 10, 11 miles northeast of Castle Dale, the county seat, and 14 miles southwest of Emery.

Ferron covers about 2.2 square miles, all land, at an elevation of 5,970 feet.

Ferron's population jumped from 663 in 1970 to 1,718 in 1980 with the construction of Utah Power and Light generating plants and expansion at local coal mines.

Ferron uses a council-manager form of government.

The 2020 census found that 100.0 percent of Ferron's residents lived in rural areas, and the city had 594 housing units, of which 8.4 percent were vacant.