Freeman (Maine)

Freeman
Barn in Freeman
Location in Maine
Freeman
Basic data
Foundation :	March 4, 1808
State :	United States
State :	Maine
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 52 ′  N , 70 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 70 ° 12 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Height :	283 m
Postal code :	04983
GNIS ID :	2748817

Freeman is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized Territory of East Central Franklin , in Franklin County of the state of Maine in the United States .

Freeman is centrally located in Franklin County. With another township, this area was given by the state of Massachusetts as a grant to the victims of the Portland fire when it was set on fire by the British during the American Revolutionary War . The original name for this area was Township No. 3, Second Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R2 NPC WKR) . The area was later organized as the Little River Plantation .

On March 4, 1808, the area was organized as a town and was named Freeman, after Samuel Freeman of Portland, one of the main owners of the area. In 1937 the town was disorganized and Freeman went up as an unincorporated community in the East Central Franklin area.

A headwaters of the Sandy River , a tributary of the Kennebec River , has its source in the area and flows south.

In Freeman, the Barn on Lot 8, Range G was placed under monument protection in 2011 and under the register no. 11000581 listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Freeman in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 10, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} History of Freeman, Maine. In: rays-place.com. history.rays-place.com, accessed May 10, 2018 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} Freeman Township, Franklin County | Maine Genealogy. In: mainegenealogy.net. Accessed May 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 11000581 ( English ) National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Freeman, Maine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Freeman on Mainegenealogy.net