Welcome to Freedom Plains ...

Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom Plains, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for Freedom Plains: Freedom Plns.

Freedom Plains is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Freedom Plains lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Freedom Plains ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Freedom Plains.

• Poughkeepsie
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Poughkeepsie is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,447 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poughkeepsie <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Poughkeepsie
  • From Freedom Plains to Poughkeepsie
• Newburgh
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Newburgh is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburgh <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newburgh
  • From Freedom Plains to Newburgh
• New Milford
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
• Beacon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Beacon
  • From Freedom Plains to Beacon
• New Paltz
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • New Paltz is located in Ulster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paltz
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paltz <3>
• Wappingers Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wappingers Falls is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappingers Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappingers Falls <3>
• Sherman
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
• Cornwall-on-Hudson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
• Cornwall-on-Hudson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,896 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornwall-on-Hudson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cornwall-on-Hudson
  • From Freedom Plains to Cornwall-on-Hudson
• Kent
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Freedom Plains. 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 Freedom Plains.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom Plains. See our Newspapers Page for Freedom Plains.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Freedom Plains ...

Looking for more information about Freedom Plains? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Freedom Plains, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Freedom Plains.

Adding Freedom Plains to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Freedom Plains 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 (so far) for Freedom Plains was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Freedom Plains post office opened in 1826. The Freedom Plains post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Freedom Plains.