Do you know of Mount Freedom ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Freedom. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mount Freedom.<1>
Our sources for Mount Freedom (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mount Freedom other than they indicate that Mount Freedom would be found somewhere in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1844 and closed in 1870.
Communities Also Named Mount Freedom ...
We found two communities that share the name Mount Freedom.
Within Kentucky, the name Mount Freedom is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Freedom [Jefferson County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mount Freedom [Morris County].
- Missouri
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Freedom ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Freedom:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Freedom - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Jessamine County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jessamine County.
| Ambrose | Perry |
| Poortown | |
| Bethel | Potts Mills |
| Providence | |
| Lavinia | |
| Shanklin | |
| Maple Creek | Sulphur Well |
| Marble Creek | |
| Valley View | |
| Pekin |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |