Freeville, New York

Freeville, New York
Freeville United Methodist Church
Freeville United Methodist Church
Freeville, New York is located in New York
Freeville, New York
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 / 42.51250; -76.34583
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyTompkins
Settledcirca 1798 (circa 1798)
IncorporatedJuly 2, 1887 (1887-07-02)
Named forUncertain, possibly suggested by first settler as an alternative to the name "White's Mill," which referred to him and his property[1]
Area
 • Total1.09 sq mi (2.84 km2)
 • Land1.06 sq mi (2.74 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation
1,043 ft (318 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total498
 • Density470.70/sq mi (181.68/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
13068
Area code607
FIPS code36-27529
GNIS feature ID0950679
Websitefreevilleny.org

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.

  1. ^ 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"
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 5, 2024.