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Welcome to Freedom Station ...

Freedom Station is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom Station, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

A typical abbreviation for Freedom Station: Freedom Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Freedom Station is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Freedom Station: 330 & 234<3>

Communities near Freedom Station ...

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

  • Cuyahoga Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Warren
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Warren is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,479 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Stow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Stow is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stow <4>
  • Kent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kent is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,319 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
  • Solon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <4>
  • Hudson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Alliance
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Twinsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tallmadge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Streetsboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Freedom Station ...

Looking for more information about Freedom Station? 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 Station, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Freedom Station.

Adding Freedom Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Freedom Station 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 Station was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Freedom Station post office opened in 1864. The Freedom Station post office closed in 1957.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Freedom Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the Freedom Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the Freedom Station area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/