Do you know of Freetown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Freetown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Freetown.<1>
We found mention of Freetown as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cortland County, New York.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1823 and closed in 1850.
Communities Also Named Freetown ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Freetown.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Freetown.
Beyond New York, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Freetown [Suffolk County].
- Suffolk County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Freetown [Perry County].
- Georgia
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Freetown [Walker County].
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Freetown [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Freetown [Monroe County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Freetown [Anne Arundel County].
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Freetown [Bristol County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Freetown.
- Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Freetown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Freetown:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Cortland County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cortland County.
| Chicago | Lorings |
| Cortland West | |
| Cosmos Heights | McGrawsville |
| Creswell | McGrawville |
| Cuyler Hill | Mills |
| Mount Roderick | |
| East Solon | |
| Polkville | |
| Franks Corner | |
| South Cuyler |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |