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Do you know of Freed ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Freed. 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 Freed.<1>

Our sources for Freed (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Freed other than they indicate that Freed would be found somewhere in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1894 and closed  in 1925.

Communities Also Named Freed ...

We found one communities that share the name Freed.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Freed is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Freed in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Freed [Calhoun County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Freed ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Freed:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

AcheMonvue
AmblesideMoores Junction
AshmanMorrell
AtchisonMurphy Siding
  
Bear RunNicolay
BeesonsNorth Connellsville
Big Meadow Run 
Bowest JunctionOakdale
Broadford JunctionOrmond
Brookvale 
Browns Run JunctionPike Mine
Brownsville JunctionPorter Hill
Bryan 
 Rainey Junction
CasparisRedstone Junction
Cheat HavenRock Works
ChildsRosedale
Coal BrookRound Bottom
CookstownRoyal
Crozier Run Branch JunctionRuble
  
DarentSalt Lick
DemuthSandrock
Dunlap Creek JunctionShaffers Corner
 Sherrick's
East CaliforniaShinbone
East ConnellsvilleShoaf Ovens
East LibertySimpson
East RoscoeSouth Brownsville
EgyptStambaugh
ElmStickel
EmmeStrum
 Sullivan
Fallen TimbersSummit Mines
Falls City 
FrostTintsman's
 Tippecanoe Station
GistTremont
Greene JunctionTyrone Mills
Greenwood 
GuyauxUniontown North
  
HickmanVance Mill Junction
Hill Crest 
HillcokeWanda
 Watt
JamisonWatts Transfer
JuniatavilleWhitsett Junction
 Wirsing
Lambert WorksWooddale
Layton's StationWoodvale
Leith - HatfieldWymps Gap
LemontWynn
Lilly Run Junction 
 Yough

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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