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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Freedom (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Freedom. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Freedom is located in Carroll County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.

Below are the counties that are near Freedom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom:

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Freedom)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Samoset
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Alton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Center Harbor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Harbor
      • Center Harbor is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Harbor <2>
    • Glendale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Alton Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Interlaken Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Meredith
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meredith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
      • Meredith is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,476 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meredith <2>
    • Alton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Gilford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
      • Gilford is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,278 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilford <2>
    • Laconia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wildwood Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadleys Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
    • Sargents Purchase
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sargents Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Valley
      • Waterville Valley is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterville Valley <2>
    • Holderness
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Lower Village
      • Campton Lower Village is located in Grafton County
    • Ashland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton Upper Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Upper Village
      • Campton Upper Village is located in Grafton County
    • Campton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
      • Campton is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton <2>
    • Thornton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Strafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Middleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Strafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
    • New Durham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Milton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Davis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Davis
      • From Freedom to Davis
    • Farmington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • North Rochester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • West Baldwin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
    • Baldwin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • Sebago
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebago have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
      • Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <2>
    • Steep Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steep Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Falls
      • Steep Falls is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steep Falls <2>
    • South Bridgton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bridgton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandy Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sandy Creek
      • From Freedom to Sandy Creek
    • Bridgton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgton
      • Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgton <2>
    • Naples
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Standish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standish have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <2>
    • Frye Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frye Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
      • Frye Island is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Sebago Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sebago Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
      • Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sebago Lake
      • From Freedom to Sebago Lake
    • North Bridgton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford County (ME)
  • York County (ME)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom.

Cemeteries Near Freedom ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huntress Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntress Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huntress Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90091 <4>
  • Emery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sargent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sargent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sargent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sargent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leavitt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leavitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leavitt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leavitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Churchill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • French Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Libby Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Libby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Libby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (297 more) ...
    • Sweat Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweat Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kezar Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kezar Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kezar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kezar Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kezar Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kezar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Freedom had a population of 320 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Freedom had a population of 1,593 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.

  • Effingham Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effingham Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
    • Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
  • East Freedom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freedom
    • East Freedom is located in Carroll County
  • Effingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Madison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Center Effingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Effingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
    • Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
  • Porter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • North Parsonsfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eaton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eaton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Eaton is located in Carroll County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <2>
  • Snowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
    • Snowville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowville <2>
  • Ossipee Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ossipee Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
    • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
  • Moultonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moultonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultonville
    • Moultonville is located in Carroll County
  • Center Ossipee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Ossipee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ossipee
    • Center Ossipee is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Ossipee <2>
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Kezar Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • South Hiram
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hiram have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hiram
      • South Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
    • West Brownfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Brownfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownfield
      • West Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom.

Newspapers Published in Freedom ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Freedom:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Freedom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Freedom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Freedom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freedom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8135, Longitude: -71.0361    









 

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