Freeville, New York

Freeville, New York
Village
Freeville United Methodist Church
Freeville, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°30′45″N76°20′45″W / 42.51250°N 76.34583°W / 42.51250; -76.34583
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Tompkins
Settled	circa 1798 (circa 1798)
Incorporated	July 2, 1887 (1887-07-02)
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 [2]
• 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.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.

History

Freeville was in the former Central New York Military Tract. It was first settled by Daniel White, a Revolutionary War soldier who cleared land along Fall Creek and built a cabin there around 1798; by 1802 White had established a grist mill at the site.

In the early 1870s, Freeville was transformed from a quiet mill town into an important regional railroad junction when the Southern Central Railroad and the Utica, Ithaca & Elmira Railroad (acquired in 1884 by the newly created Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad) extended their lines through the village. Both lines were acquired in the mid-1890s by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which maintained passenger service at Freeville through the 1930s and freight service until the 1970s.

The Village of Freeville was incorporated in 1887.

George Junior Republic, a youth center, originally called the Freeville Junior Republic, was founded just outside of the village in 1895; the name was changed in 1909.

Geography

Freeville is located at 42°30′45″N76°20′45″W / 42.51250°N 76.34583°W / 42.51250; -76.34583 (42.513, -76.346). ^[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all of it land.

New York State Route 38 intersects New York State Route 366 in Freeville.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	312		—
1900	440		41.0%
1910	318		−27.7%
1920	303		−4.7%
1930	374		23.4%
1940	379		1.3%
1950	373		−1.6%
1960	471		26.3%
1970	664		41.0%
1980	449		−32.4%
1990	437		−2.7%
2000	505		15.6%
2010	520		3.0%
2020	498		−4.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

As of the census ^[6] of 2000, there were 505 people, 210 households, and 118 families residing in the village. The population density was 467.7 inhabitants per square mile (180.6/km²). There were 224 housing units at an average density of 207.4 per square mile (80.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.03% White, 0.59% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.40% Asian, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population.

There were 210 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $39,643, and the median income for a family was $44,688. Males had a median income of $31,500 versus $27,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,910. About 7.3% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

• Amy Dickinson, NYT bestselling memoirist ( The Mighty Queens of Freeville ) and author of the syndicated advice column Ask Amy
• Woody Erdman, sportscaster, television producer, and businessman; served as chairman of the Boston Celtics
• Tim Gallagher, author and wildlife photographer
• Lonnie Park, three time Grammy Award Winner born, raised, and still a resident of Freeville.

References

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.
4. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
6. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

External links

• Official website