Welcome to Freedom ...

So far, we found very little information about Freedom. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Freedom to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Freedom, please Contact Us.

Freedom would have been located within present day Garfield County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Freedom is 2,850 feet [869 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Freedom is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Freedom was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Freedom was located: 406

Communities Also Named Freedom ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Missouri (3), 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.

Communities near Freedom ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Freedom.

• Jordan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Jordan is located in Garfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordan <4>
• Cohagen
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohagen
  • Cohagen is located in Garfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohagen <4>
• Brusett
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusett
  • Brusett is located in Garfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusett <4>
• Sand Springs
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
  • Sand Springs is located in Garfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sand Springs <4>
• Hillside
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Hillside is located in Garfield County

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

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom. See our Newspapers 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Freedom post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Freedom.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/