Freedom, Nebraska

Freedom, Nebraska
Populated place
Freedom
Coordinates: 40°25′28″N 100°22′10″W / 40.4244511°N 100.3693098°W / 40.4244511; -100.3693098Coordinates: 40°25′28″N 100°22′10″W / 40.4244511°N 100.3693098°W / 40.4244511; -100.3693098
Country  United States
State Nebraska Nebraska
County Frontier
Elevation 2,671 ft (814 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 69022
Area code(s) 308
FIPS code 31-17600
GNIS feature ID 835307

Freedom is an unincorporated community in Frontier County, Nebraska, in the United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Freedom in 1895, and operated intermittently until it was discontinued in 1946.[2] Freedom was likely named from the patriotic spirit of the post-Civil War era.[3]

A specimen of prehistoric Amebelodon was found in 1928 on a farm at Freedom.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Freedom, Nebraska
  2. ↑ "Frontier County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 61. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
  4. ↑ Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1936). Proboscidea. The American Museum of Natural History. p. 337. ISBN 978-5-87148-167-7.


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