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Welcome to Freedom ...

Freedom is located in Outagamie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Freedom, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

Freedom is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Freedom lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The ZIP code for Freedom: 54130<3>

Communities Also Named Freedom ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Freedom - they are located in Alberta, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Freedom.

Websites for Freedom ...

Official Website: www.townoffreedom.org/

Communities near Freedom ...

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

  • Green Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Appleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Neenah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • De Pere
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Howard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Howard is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • 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.<4> 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
  • Ashwaubenon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kaukauna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bellevue
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

Adding Freedom to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Freedom post office opened in 1852.

We also found Freedom in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for 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>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Outagamie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Freedom - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Freedom). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Freedom or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>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.
<5>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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