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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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 may 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)
      • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Black Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • 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)
      • Greenville is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Shiocton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
    • Nichols
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Nichols is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • 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)
      • Sniderville is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
    • Wrightstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hobart is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
    • Oneida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oneida is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • 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)
      • Pittsfield is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
    • Allouez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Morrison is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
    • Duck Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)
      • Sherwood is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • 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)
    • Brillion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Brillion is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
    • Potter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Potter is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
    • Stockbridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Brant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Chilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Kewaunee County
  • Manitowoc County
  • Oconto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
    • Chase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Krakow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Shawano County
  • 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)
      • New London is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
    • Clintonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
      • 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)
      • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • 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)
  • Winnebago County

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Freedom - one of the links might be able to help.

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.<3>

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)
    • Sniderville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniderville
  • Mackville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mackville is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
  • 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)
    • Little Rapids is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
  • 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)
    • Oneida is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
  • Binghamton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
  • Appleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Darboy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Darboy is located in Calumet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darboy
    • Greenleaf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • 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]<1>. 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:

Footnotes ...

<1>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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<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 Freedom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.