Welcome to Freedom ...

Freedom is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Time Zone: Freedom lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Freedom ...

While we believe that this Freedom is located in Lafayette County, we know of another 2 Missouri communities named Freedom. Those communities are located in the following counties: Camden and Osage County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 34 communities that are also named Freedom - they are located in Alberta, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Adding Freedom to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Freedom 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 for Freedom was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Freedom in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Freedom.