About Freeport
Freeport is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Maine.
Freeport holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.72 square miles.
📰 Freeport News Today
- Rabid raccoon identified in Freeport newscentermaine.com · Aug 18
- Polo Ralph Lauren Closing Its Freeport Main Street Store For Good On August 21 94.9 HOM · Aug 18
- Rabies detected in raccoon in Freeport WMTW · Aug 18
- Polo Ralph Lauren to close Freeport outlet store WABI · Aug 17
- Freeport man killed in motorcycle crash on I-295 WGME · Aug 6
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Freeport Unique
- One of 10 places in the US named Freeport — but the Maine one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southwestern Maine, 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 7 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Freeport
📍 Bunganuc Landing📍 Cushing Briggs📍 Mast Landing📍 Merepoint📍 North Pownal📍 Pleasant Hill📍 Porter Landing📍 Pownal Center📍 South Freeport📍 Todds Corners
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Freeport
- Aki — japanese
- Antonia's Pizzaria — italian
- China Rose — chinese
- Coffee By Design — coffee shop (café)
- Derosier's — pizza
- Freeport Public Market
- Fuji Sakura — sushi
- Harraseeket Lunch & Lobster — seafood
- Linda Bean's Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern — seafood
- Lobster Cooker — seafood
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Desert of Maine · Attraction
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display) · Attraction
- Bradbury Mountain State Park · Attraction
- Desert of Maine Farm Museum · Museum
- LL Bean Boot · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Freeport
- Birch Island South Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bradbury Mountain State Park reviews ★
- Chase Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- FCS Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
- Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street) · Garden reviews ★
- Leon Gorman Park reviews ★
- Pettengill Farm · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bliss Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bradbury-Pineland Corridor · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Brewer Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Calderwood Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Freeport
- Freeport High School
- Freeport Middle School
- Mast Landing School
- Morse Street School
- Pownal Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.72 sq mi
Coordinates43.8571, -70.1026