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Communities Also Named Freeport ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Freeport.

Within Ontario, the name Freeport is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 25 communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Freeport is located in Montgomery County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Freeport.
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Freeport is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,148 miles [3,456.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Freeport.
    • Florida
      • Walton County
      • This Freeport is located in Walton County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Freeport.
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • This Freeport is located in Stephenson County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Freeport.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Freeport [Jackson County].
      • Shelby County
      • This Freeport is located in Shelby County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Freeport.
    • Iowa
      • Winneshiek County
      • This Freeport is located in Winneshiek County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winneshiek County community of Freeport.
    • Kansas
      • Harper County
      • This Freeport is located in Harper County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harper County community of Freeport.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Freeport is located in Cumberland County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Freeport.
    • Michigan
      • Barry County
      • This Freeport is located in Barry County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Freeport.
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Freeport is located in Stearns County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Freeport.
    • Nebraska
      • Banner County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Banner County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banner County community of Freeport.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Freeport is located in Nassau County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Freeport.
      • Queens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Freeport [Queens County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Freeport lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This Freeport is located in Harrison County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Freeport.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Freeport is located in Armstrong County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Freeport.
      • Erie County
      • This Freeport is located in Erie County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Freeport.
    • Quebec
      • This Freeport lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • This Freeport is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Freeport.
      • Hale County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hale County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Freeport.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This Freeport is located in Gloucester County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Freeport.
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Freeport [Cowlitz County].
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Freeport is located in Preston County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Freeport.
      • Wirt County
      • This Freeport is located in Wirt County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Freeport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Freeport ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Blair
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Fisher Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • German Mills ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for German Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Mills
    • Former names for German Mills:
    • Bleam's Mills
    • Edinburgh
    • Hopewell Mills
    • Jewsburg
  • Greenfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lakeshore Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeshore Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
  • Little Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Littles Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littles Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
  • Maple Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Maryhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanley Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park

How Far From Freeport to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Freeport to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Freeport and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Freeport to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,839 miles [9,397 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,446 miles [7,155.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Freeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4203, Longitude: -80.4075    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Freeport could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Freeport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Freeport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.661 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.145 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.486 degrees.









 

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