Official Name: | Freeman, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated Community |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Freeman |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Owen |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Clay |
Established Date: | 1859 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 186 |
Elevation Ft: | 610 |
Coordinates: | 39.1953°N -86.7336°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47460 |
Area Code: | 812, 930 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 434814 |
Freeman is an unincorporated community in the center of Clay Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies near the intersection of County Road 650 South and Indiana Highway 43, which is a community nearly nine miles south of the city of Spencer, the county seat. Its elevation is 541 feet (165 m), and it is located at 39.1956°N -86.7336°W (39.1953233 -86.7336153).
A post office was established at Freeman in 1866, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.[2] The community was named after a family of settlers.[3]