Ferdinand is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. It was named after German Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Although incorporated, it was never formally organized since it never gained a sufficiently large permanent population. Its population was 16 at the 2020 census and was highest in 1910, with 213. It is managed by the Unified Towns & Gores of Essex County. It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.