Welcome to East Freetown ...
East Freetown is located in Bristol County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of East Freetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
A typical abbreviation for East Freetown: E. Freetown
East Freetown is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: East Freetown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for East Freetown: 508 & 774<3>
The ZIP code for East Freetown: 02717<4>
Communities Also Named East Freetown ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Freetown - it's located in New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Freetown.
Communities near East Freetown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Freetown.
- New Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to New Bedford
- From East Freetown to New Bedford
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fall River
- From East Freetown to Fall River
- Plymouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Plymouth
- From East Freetown to Plymouth
- Taunton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Taunton
- From East Freetown to Taunton
- Dartmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bridgewater
- From East Freetown to Bridgewater
- Middleborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough
- Middleborough is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Middleborough
- From East Freetown to Middleborough
- Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Wareham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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 East Freetown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Freetown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Freetown. 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 East Freetown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Freetown. See our Newspapers Page for East Freetown.
Adding East Freetown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of East Freetown 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 East Freetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the East Freetown post office opened in 1852.
We also found East Freetown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for East Freetown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Freetown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Freetown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the East Freetown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the East Freetown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as East Freetown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether East Freetown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |