Freeland is a census-designated place in Tittabawassee Township, Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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 European settlers.

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 Tittabawassee (named as the Tetabawasink river in the text of the treaty), very near to the present location of Freeland.

[6] [7] [8] In the 1850s, lumbering outposts developed in the area, one of which was called "Loretta", which was given a post office named "Jay" in April 1856.

in 1867, one resident of the second locale, George Truesdale, instigated moving the post office from Loretta to his settlement, which retained the name of Jay for several years afterwards.

By another account (Moore), the Freeland family name was prominent in business and politics of the area.