Welcome to Free ...

Free is located in Benton County<1>.

Free is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Free lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Free (for example, toward Milford (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Free: 765

Communities Also Named Free ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Free - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Free ...

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

• Hoopeston
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <3>
• Watseka
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Watseka is located in Iroquois County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watseka
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watseka <3>
• Fowler
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fowler is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,305 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <3>
• Kentland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kentland is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kentland <3>
• Milford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Milford is located in Iroquois County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <3>
• Oxford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
• Remington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Remington is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <3>
• Goodland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodland is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodland <3>
• Brook
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Brook is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brook <3>
• Sheldon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheldon is located in Iroquois County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheldon <3>

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 Free. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Free.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Free. 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 Free.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Free ...

Looking for more information about Free? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Free, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Free.

Adding Free to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Free 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 (so far) for Free was mentioned on a train schedule titled New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Free.