Freeville, New York | |
|---|---|
 Freeville United Methodist Church | |
  Freeville, New York Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°30′45″N 76°20′45″W / 42.51250°N 76.34583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Tompkins |
| Settled | circa 1798 |
| Incorporated | July 2, 1887 |
| Named for | Uncertain, possibly suggested by first settler as an alternative to the name "White's Mill," which referred to him and his property[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.09 sq mi (2.84 km2) |
| • Land | 1.06 sq mi (2.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,043 ft (318 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 498 |
| • Density | 470.70/sq mi (181.68/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 13068 |
| Area code | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-27529 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0950679 |
| Website | freevilleny |
Freeville is a village in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 498 at the 2020 census.[3]
The Village of Freeville is in the Town of Dryden and is east of Ithaca. It is the only incorporated municipality in the United States named Freeville.
- ^ Genung, Albert Benjamin (1942), Historical Sketch of the Village of Freeville, New York (PDF), Dryden, New York: Dryden Historical Society, p. 28, OCLC 35163750, retrieved August 3, 2013,
Most of the folks were in favor of letting it go on as "White's Mill" but Elder White himself vowed that in this new country the place names ought not merely to perpetuate some man's name because he got there first. He proposed that they call their settlement "Freeville"
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 5, 2024.