Freeport Long Island History

Subjects

  • Biographies (38)
  • Celebrity Sightings (30)
  • Census (8)
  • Civic Organizations (4)
  • Civil War (9)
  • Crime (5)
  • Digitization (10)
  • Directory Information (3)
  • Early Descriptions of Freeport (19)
  • Freeport Fire Department (3)
  • Freeport History (11)
  • Freeport Police Department (3)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (9)
  • From the Archives (51)
  • Houses of Worship (7)
  • How to Research Your Freeport House (1)
  • Landmarks (11)
  • Lost Freeport (23)
  • Native Americans (3)
  • Notable Locations (37)
  • Street Names (12)
  • Urban Legends (9)
  • Vietnam (1)
  • World War I (11)
  • World War II (4)
  • WWII (3)

About Me

Freeport History
The purpose of this blog is to bring together various sources pertaining to Freeport's history. In doing so we hope to make it easier to learn more about this wonderful Village. This blog is maintained by Regina Feeney, a librarian/archivist at the Freeport Memorial Library and Trustee of the Freeport Historical Society and Cynthia Krieg, President of the Freeport Historical Society, and Village Historian. Please email questions about Freeport history to: frreference@freeportlibrary.info
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Blog Archive

Freeport Population

  • 1892 Freeport Census - 1,821
  • 1901 Freeport Census - 3,000
  • 1905 Freeport Census - 4,012
  • 1910 Freeport Census - 4,836
  • 1915 Freeport Census - 7,463
  • 1920 Freeport Census - 8,599
  • 1925 Freeport Census - 13,903
  • 1924 Police Census - 14,315
  • 1927 Police Census - 18,901
  • 1931 Police Census - 19,475
  • 1940 U.S. Census - 20,410
  • 1950 U.S. Census - 24,290
  • 1960 U.S. Census - 34,419
  • 1970 U.S. Census - 40,374
  • 1980 U.S.Census - 38,272
  • 1990 U.S. Census - 39,894
  • 2000 U.S. Census - 43,783
  • 2010 U.S. Census - 42,860

Freeport Mayors (called Village Presidents until 1927)

  • 1892 - Carman Cornelius
  • 1893 - William G. Miller
  • 1900 - George Wallace
  • 1902 - James Dean
  • 1905 - Julius Detmer
  • 1906- - Hiram R. Smith
  • 1907 - Daniel Morrison
  • 1910 - John D. Gunning
  • 1912 - James Hanse
  • 1913 - Smith Cox
  • 1914 - Roland M. Lamb
  • 1916 - Ernest R. Randall
  • 1917 - Sidney H. Swezey
  • 1918 - Robert G. Anderson
  • 1920 - Clarence Edwards
  • 1921 - Robert L. Christie
  • 1923 - Hilbert R. Johnson
  • 1924 - Raymond J. Miller
  • 1925 - W. Irving Vanderpoel
  • 1926 - John Cruickshank
  • 1927 - Clinton M. Flint
  • 1931 - Russell S. Randall
  • 1933 - Robert E. Patterson
  • 1941 - Worden E. Winne
  • 1943 - Clinton M. Flint
  • 1945 - Cyril C. Ryan
  • 1949 - Robert L. Doxsee
  • 1953 - William F. Glacken, Sr.
  • 1961 - Robert J. Sweeney
  • 1973 - William H. White
  • 1985 - Dorothy Storm
  • 1993 - Art Thompson
  • 1995 - Richard Wissler
  • 1997 - William F. Glacken, Jr.
  • 2009 - Andrew Hardwick
  • 2013 - Robert T. Kennedy

Freeport Judges

  • 1894 - Frank J. Bedell
  • 1896 - Wilbur Tredwell
  • 1898 - Frank J. Bedell
  • 1899 - Andrew J. MacLean
  • 1899 - Archer Wallace
  • 1903 - Sidney H. Swezey
  • 1911 - Elvin Edwards
  • 1912 - Stephen Pettit
  • 1913 - Clinton Flint
  • 1919 - Albin Johnson
  • 1933 - Hilbert Johnson
  • 1953 - Paul Kelly
  • 1962 - Edwin J. Freedman
  • 1977 - Ralph P. Franco
  • 1988 - V. Roy Cacciatore
  • 2009 - Stephen Drummond
  • 2013 - V. Roy Cacciatore

Local History Resources

  • Local History Resources Info Guide
  • Freeport History - Photograph Collection
  • Freeport History - Newspaper Collection
  • Freeport Historical Society

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Black History Month
Notable African Americans, Organizations, 
and Locations in Freeport

Bethel A.M.E.
Bennington Park
Celebrity Club
Colored Republican Club of Freeport
Reverend William F. Coffey
Moses Jarvis
Pearl Jones
Moxey Rigby
Harvay D. Sinkler

Posted by Freeport History at 10:20 AM
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