Freeburn, Kentucky

About Freeburn

Freeburn is a small unincorporated community in eastern Kentucky.

Freeburn holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.21 square miles.

📰 Freeburn News Today

• Arrest made after Pike woman found burned, ‘beaten half to death’ WYMT · Dec 9
• Obituary for Larry Eldridge Jones & West Funeral Home · Jun 30
• Woman who escaped Kentucky detention center arrested in Mingo County WCHS · Feb 18
• Mingo woman charged with beating, burning Pike woman Mountain Top Media · Dec 10
• Joan Carol Dotson Obituary (2026) - Phelps, KY - Chambers Funeral Services - Matewan Legacy obituary · Jul 20

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What Makes Freeburn Unique

• The only place in America named Freeburn — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏫 Schools in Freeburn

• Phelps Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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