Freeman Spur is a village in Williamson and Franklin Counties, Illinois, United States.

[3] Freeman Spur is rooted in several small communities that sprang up in the early 1900s with the opening of the Possum Ridge coal mine.

These small communities voted to merge and incorporate as "Freeman Spur" in 1913.

The village is named for James R. Freeman, who owned the land upon which the mine was located.

[5] The shaft of the Possum Ridge Mine, which opened in 1908, is located at Freeman Spur.