Freedom, Nebraska | |
Settlement Type: | Populated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska |
Pushpin Label: | Freedom |
Coordinates: | 40.4245°N -100.3693°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Frontier |
Unit Pref: | imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 2671 |
Area Code: | 308 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 69022 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 31-17600 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 835307 |
Freedom is an unincorporated community in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States. Freedom is located at 40.4245°N -100.3693°W, at an elevation of 2,671 ft (814 m).
A post office was established at Freedom in 1895, and operated intermittently until being discontinued in 1946.[1] Freedom was likely named from the patriotic spirit of the post-Civil War era.[2]
A specimen of prehistoric Amebelodon was found in 1928 on a farm at Freedom.[3]