Freeman, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Dolan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64746. The Survey maps it on the Freeman quadrangle. 475 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFreeman fell from 482 to 475 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 | 482 | |
| 2020 | 475 | -7 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Freeman in 1992, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Freeman: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonville Birch Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Line Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeman in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Freeman | 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | Tornado touched down 1 mile southeast of Freeman with F0 to F1 damage along a three mile track to 2 miles north northeast of Freeman where it lifted. Several RV's were flipped over in a RV park with one person injured. Tornado also did substantial damage to empty fuel tanks at a fuel farm, adjacent to the RV park. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Tree and house damage was reported. Damage was reported to a gas station. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $2,000 | Power lines down. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Downed power lines and outages in the Freeman area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Medium sized tree limbs downed near Freeman. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Tree limbs downed south of Freeman per the Cass County EM. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Tree limbs downed south of Freeman per the Cass County EM. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Downed wires and power outages near Southfork Drive. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Downed wires and power outages near Route D. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Strong thunderstorm winds from a squall line downed a cottonwood tree, blocking a road, near Lake Annette. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Freeman | - | After 1 to 2 inches of rain fell over a short period of time there was some flooding in Freeman, Missouri in the Van Buren Road area. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Freeman | - | A large furniture truck was stuck in flooded waters along E 293rd Street just west of S Grand River Road. Two occupants of the truck were stranded and needed rescue from local emergency crews. The rescue was caught on live TV. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Freeman | - | Six inches of water was running over Highway W just east of Highway O. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Freeman | - | Water was reported rising rapidly with evacuations needed. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Large tree down. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Annette | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Prettyman | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| West Line | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cleveland | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lisle | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Peculiar | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rural Home (historical) | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Old Peculiar | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Freeman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q586330 | 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 729891. 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.







