Freeport, Pennsylvania

Freeport is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Buffalo Creek enters the Allegheny River on its western bank at Freeport.

Like the Kindergarten center, Freeport Junior High School was also formerly located in the town limits, at 325 4th Street and was permanently closed after the spring commencement in 2015.

Students attend ninth through twelfth grade at Freeport Area Senior High School, at 621 South Pike Road in Buffalo Township.

Up until the close of the 2015–16 school year, all of the district's varsity football home games were held at James Swartz Sr. Memorial Field in the borough.

Freeport EMS utilizes three ALS certified ambulances with 13 Paramedics and 17 EMTs.

Freeport was the setting for a scene in Episode 8 of NBC's television series Revolution, which aired in November 2012.

They are turned back, and subsequently decide to attempt another bridge crossing in nearby Ford City, Pennsylvania.

[13] Freeport received its name from David Todd, who declared it a free and open port.

[15] Twenty-seven lots on the lands became Freeport borough, and were conveyed by William and David Todd for $24 each in 1797.

"[16] Freeport's position on the Allegheny river gave it an ideal spot for industry and trade going to Pittsburgh.

Therefore, it had several industrial businesses throughout the 19th century including the Lucesco Oil Refinery and the Freeport Brick Company.