Freedom |
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Address
PO Box 1007
Freedom, WI 54131
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Phone
(920) 788-4548 |
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The Town of Freedom is located in rural Outagamie County, Wisconsin. The Freedom Township dates back to May of 1830, when James Jackson and his wife came to their nine-acre clearing. The Freedom village was called Sagola, an Indian word meaning "good morning". The Township took Freedom for its name in recognition of Jackson's release from slavery in the South where he was born.
On June 5, 1852, the Town of Freedom became a reality although the exact date and place of the first town meeting is not recorded.
Freedom was a settlement of Irish, Germans and Dutch. Lumbering was the chief industry. Two large sawmills were built. The first post office was established in the part of town known as "the Hoosier Settlement". Settlers travelled the Indian trail to get to Green Bay.
The Town of Freedom is a rapidly growing community of 5532. Freedom Township is actually at the crossroads of the Fox Valley, located halfway between Appleton and Green Bay on County E and halfway between Kaukauna and Seymour on State Highway 55. Freedom consists of both rural lands, farming and more urbanized subdivisions, as well as an Industrial Park. The central area of the Town is served by the Freedom Sanitary District.
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