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Borough
Downtown Freeport
Location of Freeport in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
Freeport, Pennsylvania Location in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Armstrong
Settled	1796
Incorporated	1833
Government
• Type	Borough council
Area
• Total	1.30 sq mi (3.36 km2)
• Land	1.27 sq mi (3.29 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)
Elevation	790 ft (240 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,813
• Estimate  (2019)	1,677
• Density	1,320.47/sq mi (510.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	16229
Area code(s)	724, 878
FIPS code	42-27784

Freeport is a borough in Armstrong County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; it is situated along the Allegheny River in the southwest corner of the county. The population was 1,813 at the 2010 Census.

Geography

Freeport is located at 40°40′28″N 79°41′11″W / 40.67444°N 79.68639°W / 40.67444; -79.68639 (40.674337, -79.686320). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), of which 1.3 square miles (3.3 km²) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km²), or 2.20%, is water.

Streams

The Kiskiminetas River joins the Allegheny River near Freeport; specifically on its eastern bank between Schenley and Kiskiminetas Junction, less than one mile northeast of Freeport.

Buffalo Creek enters the Allegheny River on its western bank at Freeport.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,962 people, 878 households, and 532 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,697.9 people per square mile (653.0/km²). There were 944 housing units at an average density of 816.9 per square mile (314.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.42% White, 0.25% African American, 0.25% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.46% of the population.

There were 878 households, out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $28,565, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $31,397 versus $21,690 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,845. About 8.0% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Freeport Area School District serves the borough.

Freeport was formerly home to Freeport Elementary School at 408 High Street, where all borough students attended kindergarten through 6th grade. In 2005, the school district decided to convert the school into the district's Kindergarten Center, where all of the district's students attended kindergarten until 2014. In 2014, the Kindergarten Center was closed and students attending were moved to the Elementary schools in Buffalo and South Buffalo Townships.

Completely new, or extensively remodeled Elementary School buildings were built between 2011 and 2013. Currently, the borough elementary students (Grades K-5) attend either Buffalo Elementary in Sarver, or South Buffalo Elementary in South Buffalo Township.

Grades 6-8 now attend the Freeport Middle School, a new facility opened in fall 2015 on the High School campus at 629 South Pike Road in Buffalo Township. Like the Kindergarten center, Freeport Junior High School was also formerly located in the town limits, at 325 4th Street and was permanently closed after the spring commencement in 2015.

Students attend 9th through 12th grade at Freeport Area Senior High School, at 621 South Pike Road in Buffalo Township.

The Freeport sports teams are known as the Yellow Jackets. Up until the close of the 2015–2016 school year, all of the district's varsity football home games were formerly held at James Swartz Sr. Memorial Field in the borough. The field was also used for some varsity and junior varsity baseball games, and varsity boys' and girls' soccer games. A new stadium was completed at the High School campus in Buffalo Township. It opened in the fall of 2016. Beginning with the opening of the new Middle School building on the High School campus, band, chorus and other stage performances were moved to the new Middle School auditorium which is now the largest and best equipped venue in the school district.

Notable people

• David Alter, scientist and inventor
• Red Bowser, outfielder in Major League Baseball
• Bud Carson, former NFL coach
• Greg Christy, former professional American football player
• Jeff Christy, former professional American football player
• Ella M. George, teacher, lecturer, social reformer
• Donald R. Lobaugh, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
• Timothy Pesci, Pennsylvania state legislator
• Eric Ravotti, former NFL (Steeler) player
• Don Taylor, actor and director
• William C. Early, U.S. Army soldier in World War II
• Catherine M. Shields, died of "Parrot Fever" (psittacosis) and was the case study for the official American Medical Journal diagnosis and entry.
• Keith Rhodes Army vet Sarver native Served in the Cold War

See also

In Spanish: Freeport (Pensilvania) para niños