Freeport, Maine Freeport, Maine Official seal of Freeport, Maine Location in Cumberland County and the state of Maine.

Location in Cumberland County and the state of Maine.

State Maine Freeport is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Known for its various supply stores, Freeport is home to L.L.

Bean, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, and the Desert of Maine.

Freeport is part of the Portland South Portland Biddeford, Maine urbane statistical area.

First settled about 1700, it was set off and incorporated on February 14, 1789 as Freeport.

It is probably titled "from the openness of its harbor" (free from ice). Freeport advanced as four villages Mast Landing, Porter's Landing, South Freeport and Freeport Corner all of which are now part of the Harraseeket Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The estuary was dammed to furnish water power for a gristmill, sawmill and fulling mill, with modest manufacturing and woodworking. Porter's Landing was involved in ship assembly, meaningful in Freeport following the Revolutionary War.

The trade reached its peak in the decade between 1850 and 1860, but declined with the Civil War. South Freeport, the biggest of the waterfront villages, once had four shipyards.

Freeport Corner was an inland village for farming and trade, but the 1849 entrance of the barns helped it precarious into the town's commercial center, which it remains.

In 1912, Leon Leonwood Bean opened a store in the basement of his brother's apparel shop at Freeport Corner, selling the "Bean Boot" (or Maine Hunting Shoe).

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 46.47 square miles (120.36 km2), of which, 34.70 square miles (89.87 km2) of it is territory and 11.77 square miles (30.48 km2) is water. Situated at the northeastern extremity of Casco Bay, Freeport is drained by the Harraseeket River.

Freeport borders Brunswick and Durham to the north, Pownal to the west, and Yarmouth to the southwest.

Freeport also shares small borders with Cumberland and Harpswell in Casco Bay.

Cumberland and Harpswell are not connected to Freeport by roads, but since Freeport's town border ranges out into Casco Bay, the other towns' borders meet Freeport's.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Freeport has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. 1 and Interstate-295 run directly through Freeport, the latter with three and a half exits.

Amtrak's Downeaster train service stops at Freeport station with service to the Portland Transportation Center and Boston's North Station.

See also: Freeport (CDP), Maine There were 3,209 homeholds of which 32.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.3% were non-families.

22.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44; 34.7% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older.

The ethnic makeup of the town was 97.22% White, 0.42% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.04% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other competitions, and 0.64% from two or more competitions.

There were 3,065 homeholds out of which 34.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town was $52,023, and the median income for a family was $58,134.

About 4.0% of families and 5.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Freeport is part of Regional School Unit #5.

Freeport Middle School, grades 6 8 Freeport High School, grades 9 12 Freeport Historical Society Freeport Shakespeare Festival Freeport Square Gallery Freeport, Boston: Russell Historical Sketch of Freeport, Maine Climate Summary for Freeport, Maine Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Freeport, Maine.

Town of Freeport official website Freeport Community Library Freeport Merchants Marketing Association Old USGS Maps of Freeport Map of Freeport, Maine, ca.

Maine Genealogy: Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Maine, United States Baldwin Bridgton Brunswick Cape Elizabeth Casco Chebeague Island Cumberland Falmouth Freeport Frye Island Gorham Gray Harpswell Harrison Long Island Naples New Gloucester North Yarmouth Pownal Raymond Scarborough Sebago Standish Windham Yarmouth Bridgton Brunswick Brunswick Station Casco Cousins Island Cumberland Center Falmouth Falmouth Foreside Freeport Gorham Gray Little Falls Littlejohn Island Naples North Windham Scarborough South Windham Standish Steep Falls Yarmouth Casco Terrace North Bridgton Prouts Neck Sebago Lake South Casco South Freeport White Rock

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