Editing Ferdinand, Indiana (section)

==History==

Ferdinand was founded in 1840 by Fr. Joseph Kundek, [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]] and was named after the Emperor [[Ferdinand I of Austria]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Wilson, George R. | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ/page/n264 370]}}</ref> The town was settled by mostly German-speaking people from central Europe. At one time Ferdinand was known as the wooden shoe village. At the end of the 19th century, Ferdinand contained many businesses, including a machine works, a brick works, brewery, several taverns, and a dairy.

The Ferdinand post office has been in operation since 1850.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois |title=Dubois County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=July 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904125519/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois |archive-date=September 4, 2014 }}</ref>

In 1867, the Monastery of Immaculate Conception was founded in Ferdinand.

Ferdinand was incorporated as a town in 1905.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Wilson, George R. | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ/page/n362 371]}}</ref>

In 1906, the ''Ferdinand News'' was established as the local newspaper.

Just prior to [[World War II]] the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] created the Ferdinand State Forest.

The [[Monastery Immaculate Conception]] and [[Dr. Alois Wollenmann House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130329.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=March 29, 2013|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties:  3/18/13 through 3/22/13|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

[[File:Ferdinand, Indiana.jpg|thumb|Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.]]