Freeland, Michigan
| Freeland, Michigan | |
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| Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community | |
 Location of Freeland (CDP) within Saginaw County, Michigan |
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 Freeland, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 43°31′30″N 84°7′22″W / 43.52500°N 84.12278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Saginaw |
| Township | Tittabawassee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.7 sq mi (17.4 km2) |
| • Land | 6.7 sq mi (17.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 620 ft (189 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,147 |
| • Density | 769.7/sq mi (297.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48623 |
| Area code(s) | 989 |
| FIPS code | 26-30540 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0626455 |
Freeland is an unincorporated community in Tittabawassee Township, Saginaw County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and without any legal status as an incorporated municipality. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 5,147. The CDP covers an area in the central portion of Tittabawassee Township. The Freeland post office, ZIP code 48623, serves nearly the entire township, as well as portions of Midland and Williams townships to the north, Frankenlust and Kochville townships to the east, Thomas and Richland townships to the south, and Ingersoll Township to the west.
It is the location of MBS International Airport, which serves three major nearby cities: Saginaw, Bay City and Midland.
It is also the location of the Saginaw Correctional Facility, which is a level I, II and IV maximum security prison.
The place was home to Native Americans long before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry. In the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, in which the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomi ceded a large portion of land including Saginaw County to the United States federal government. In that treaty, within the ceded territory, several tracts were reserved for specific groups of Chippewa. One such tract, Black Bird's Village, consisted of 6,000 acres (24 km2) on the Tittawabassee (named as the Tetabawasink river in the text of the treaty), very near to the present location of Freeland.
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