Official Name: | Freetown, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Freetown |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jackson |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Pershing |
Area Total Km2: | 1.80 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.79 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 369 |
Population Density Km2: | 205.65 |
Coordinates: | 38.9781°N -86.1239°W |
Elevation Ft: | 659 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47235 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-25864 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2629879 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.69 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.69 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 532.47 |
Freetown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 385.[2]
Freetown was platted in 1850.[3] A post office was established at Freetown in 1850.[4]
The Frank Wheeler Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Freetown is located in northwestern Jackson County and is bordered to the west by Hoosier National Forest. Indiana State Road 135 passes through the west side of the community, leading north to Gnaw Bone and south to Brownstown, the Jackson county seat. State Road 58 passes through the west and north sides of the community, leading northeast to Columbus and southwest to Bedford.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Freetown CDP has a total area of 1.88sqkm, of which 7820order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.42%, are water.[2]