Freeport, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Irving Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49325. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle. 542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFreeport grew from 483 to 542 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 483 | |
| 2020 | 542 | +59 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Freeport between 1993 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREEPORT AREA VFD 0000098 - 2019 |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREEPORT AREA VFD 0000079 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 - HARRIS CREEK RD GUN RANGE |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALTO-BOWNE TOWNSHIP FD 0000085 - 2018 |
| 13 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMPBELL TOWNSHIP FD 65 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 05 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Freeport: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stidham Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeport in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Freeport | $500,000 | Hail to around golf ball sized was reported in and near Freeport. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Freeport | $250,000 | The Barry county road commission indicated that there were numerous road closures and washouts. Radar indicates that six to eight inches of rain fell across northeast and east Barry county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $30,000 | A barn door was blown in and numerous large trees were blown down near Freeport. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Freeport | $15,000 | The general public reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Freeport. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down near Freeport. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Large tree down. Tree fell on a house. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A few powerlines down due to fallen trees. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome Corner | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Irving | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hastings | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Parmelee | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Coats Grove | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Middleville | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 9.9 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Freeport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2133583 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626464. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






