Freeport is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and town area.

Bean, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, and the Desert of Maine.

The estuary was dammed to provide water power for a gristmill, sawmill and fulling mill, with modest manufacturing and woodworking.

In 1903, the Casco Castle was built here by Amos Gerald to encourage travel by trolley cars.

Freeport Corner was an inland village for farming and trade, but the 1849 entrance of the railroad helped it develop into the town's commercial center, which it remains.

In the 19th century, fabric was sent from New York and Boston to be made into clothing by local piece workers.

Businessman E. B. Mallet established here a sawmill, brickyard, granite quarry and large shoe factory.

Its retail and mail order catalog facilities expanded into Freeport's principal business, and a worldwide company with annual sales of over a billion dollars.

Bean, for its part, has invested heavily in activities for both visitors and residents, including their Outdoor Discovery Schools, and their Summer Concert Series, which has attracted artists such as Edwin McCain, Great Big Sea, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Rockapella.

Outcry from residents caused the town to adopt new ordinances concerning what businesses could and could not do with their buildings, and McDonald's built the restaurant inside the house and opened it in 1984, maintaining the exterior appearance.

This was one of the first times that McDonald's had been forced to change its restaurant design to fit local requirements.

[1] Situated at the northeastern extremity of Casco Bay, Freeport is drained by the Harraseeket River.

Freeport borders Brunswick and Durham to the north, Pownal to the west, and Yarmouth to the southwest.

Freeport also shares small borders with Cumberland and Harpswell in Casco Bay.