Freetown, Indiana Explained

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]

History

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.

Geography

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]

Demographics

References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Freetown CDP, Indiana. U.S. Census Bureau. American Factfinder. May 15, 2018. https://archive.today/20200213101000/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1825864. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Book: History of Jackson County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory and the State of Indiana. 1886. Unigraphic. 443.
  4. Web site: Jackson County . Jim Forte Postal History . 19 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019071629/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jackson . 19 October 2014 .