Welcome to Freedom Centre ...
So far, we found very little information about Freedom Centre. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Freedom Centre to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Freedom Centre, please Contact Us.
Freedom Centre would have been located within present day La Salle County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom Centre, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.
A typical abbreviation for Freedom Centre: Freedom Ctre.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Freedom Centre is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Freedom Centre was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Freedom Centre was located: 815 & 779<4>
Communities near Freedom Centre ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Freedom Centre.
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Salle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oglesby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seneca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <5>
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 Freedom Centre. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Freedom Centre.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Freedom Centre. 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 Freedom Centre.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom Centre. See our Newspapers Page for Freedom Centre.
Adding Freedom Centre to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Freedom Centre in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Freedom Centre was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Freedom Centre post office opened in 1867. The Freedom Centre post office closed in 1882.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Freedom Centre.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Freedom Centre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including La Salle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Freedom Centre - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Freedom Centre area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Freedom Centre area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |