Freetown, Virginia

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Freetown
Unincorporated community
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Freetown
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Freetown
Freetown (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°02′54″N78°42′44″W / 38.04833°N 78.71222°W / 38.04833; -78.71222
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Albemarle
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1675258 [1]

Freetown is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. [1] The community got its name because freed slaves settled there. Freetown was established by former slaves who bought the land from Berrell Mason in two-acre lots. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Freetown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Close-knit Freetown is Feeling Squeezed". crozetgazette.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.


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