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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Freedom (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Freedom. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Freedom is located in Outagamie County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.

Below are the counties that are near Freedom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom:

  • Outagamie County     (The home county of Freedom)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Chicago Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Apple Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Chute
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Combined Locks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Kimberly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Seymour
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Black Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
    • Appleton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
    • Shiocton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiocton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Nichols
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nichols have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Hortonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Sniderville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sniderville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
      • Sniderville is located in Brown County
    • Wrightstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Hobart is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
    • Oneida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneida have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
      • Oneida is located in Brown County
    • Greenleaf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • De Pere
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Askeaton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashwaubenon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
      • Pittsfield is located in Brown County
    • Allouez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
      • Morrison is located in Brown County
    • Duck Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
      • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Duck Creek
      • From Freedom to Duck Creek
  • Calumet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Kaukauna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dundas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
    • Saint John
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Harrison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hilbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
      • Hilbert is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Brillion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brillion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
      • Brillion is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
    • Potter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
    • Stockbridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Brant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
      • Brant is located in Calumet County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brant
      • From Freedom to Brant
    • Chilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Kewaunee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Curran
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Curran. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran
      • Curran is located in Kewaunee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Curran
      • From Freedom to Curran
    • Bolt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pilsen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Stangelville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Ellisville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellisville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
      • Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ellisville
      • From Freedom to Ellisville
    • Luxemburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luxemburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
      • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
  • Manitowoc County
  • Oconto County
    • Chase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chase. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Oconto County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Chase
      • From Freedom to Chase
  • Shawano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Rose Lawn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rose Lawn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
      • Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rose Lawn
      • From Freedom to Rose Lawn
    • Briarton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Briarton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarton
      • Briarton is located in Shawano County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Briarton
      • From Freedom to Briarton
    • Laney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
      • Laney is located in Shawano County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Laney
      • From Freedom to Laney
    • Frazer Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Slab City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Shawano County
    • Zachow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bonduel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lunds
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cecil
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cecil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
      • Cecil is located in Shawano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Shawano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Waupaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • New London
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Clintonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
    • Ostrander
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Embarrass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Embarrass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Fremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Gills Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Wolf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
      • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Little Wolf
      • From Freedom to Little Wolf
  • Winnebago County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Fox Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Menasha
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menasha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
      • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
    • Neenah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Adella Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adella Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
      • Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Medina Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Allenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Oshkosh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Zittau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Winneconne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
      • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Harbor Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orihula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Reighmoor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom.

Cemeteries Near Freedom ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

While we didn't find Freedom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freedom.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.

  • Apple Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sniderville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sniderville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
    • Sniderville is located in Brown County
  • Mackville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
    • Mackville is located in Outagamie County
  • Little Chute
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Kaukauna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wrightstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Rapids
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
    • Little Rapids is located in Brown County
  • Kimberly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Combined Locks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oneida
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneida have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Oneida is located in Brown County
  • Binghamton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Binghamton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
    • Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
  • Appleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Darboy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darboy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darboy
      • Darboy is located in Calumet County
    • Greenleaf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom.

Newspapers Published in Freedom ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Freedom:

The official website for Freedom: www.townoffreedom.org/

The official website for Outagamie County: www.co.outagamie.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freedom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freedom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3866, Longitude: -88.2883    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Freedom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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