Welcome to Freeman ...

So far, we found very little information about Freeman. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Freeman to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Freeman, please Contact Us.

Freeman would have been located within present day Kern County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freeman, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Freeman is 3,190 feet [972 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Freeman is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Freeman was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Freeman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Freeman - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (3), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Freeman.

Communities near Freeman ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Freeman.

• Ridgecrest
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
  • Ridgecrest is located in Kern County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgecrest <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ridgecrest
  • From Freeman to Ridgecrest
• Inyokern
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inyokern
  • Inyokern is located in Kern County
  • Former names for Inyokern:
  • Magnolia
  • Siding 16
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inyokern <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Inyokern
  • From Freeman to Inyokern
• China Lake Acres
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Lake Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
  • China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
• China Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake
  • China Lake is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Lake <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to China Lake
  • From Freeman to China Lake
• Pearsonville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonville
  • Pearsonville is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pearsonville
  • From Freeman to Pearsonville
• Garlock
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
  • Garlock is located in Kern County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Garlock
  • From Freeman to Garlock
• Linnie ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linnie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnie
  • Linnie is located in Inyo County
• Saltdale ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saltdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale
  • Saltdale is located in Kern County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Saltdale
  • From Freeman to Saltdale
• Onyx
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx
  • Onyx is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onyx <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Onyx
  • From Freeman to Onyx
• Sageland ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sageland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
  • Sageland is located in Kern County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sageland
  • From Freeman to Sageland

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Freeman. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Freeman.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Freeman. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freeman.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Freeman. See our Newspapers Page for Freeman.

Adding Freeman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Freeman in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Freeman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Freeman post office opened in 1889.

We also found Freeman in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Freeman.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/