Freetown, Indiana


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.

History

Freetown was platted in 1850. A post office was established at Freetown in 1850.
The Frank Wheeler Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Geography

Freetown is located in northwestern Jackson County at. It 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, of which, or 0.42%, are water.

Demographics