The village of Freedom had two beginnings. James Jackson, a black man, settled in the area about 1830. He called his new home Freedom in appreciation of his new life in the northern wilderness. He had been born a slave in the south. White settlers began to farm in the area in the early 1840's. Elon Abbot and Prentiss Beebe were among the first to arrive, making Freedom the first inland settlement in the county. By the late 1840's a number of German families settled a few miles west of the present village. They called their settlement Sagola, an Indian word meaning "Good Morning."


Freedom is a sprawling rural community seven miles north of Kaukauna on Highway 55 at the junction of County Highway E, which is known as "Ridge Road" to Green Bay.  In more recent years it has been called the crossroads of the Valley because of its position halfway between Appleton and Green Bay.  This has spurred much building by people who want to get away from that "big" cities and numerous subdivisions that have sprung up.

Freedom's future is secure with unlimited expansion possibilities in all directions backed by a school system able to handle many more students with a minimum of effort.

For more information visit  www.townoffreedom.org