Even wheat harvest doesn't bring the truckloads of grain anymore. The post office moved its personnel to Anthony last year. A school still stands, along with rusted playground equipment that hasn’t seen children in years. Nevertheless, one by one, those businesses closed. The town even boasted a police force for a time, according to historical articles and a story in The News. “It was a sad decision.”Īt its peak of 700 people, there was a bank, two hotels, two newspapers, five dry good stores, nine grocery stores, three drugstores, two hardware stores and two elevators, among other businesses. 7, nearly 133 years after Freeport became a third-class city in Harper County, they voted by ballot to dissolve it. Just a few weeks before, Peterson, and her husband, Bill, the town's mayor, along with two other former residents, made a difficult decision after years of trying to keep the state’s smallest incorporated city going. “Village, huh," McClure said, drawing some chuckles, then added. “Do I see you about changing our little sign to the village of Freeport?” she asked McClure. But Carol Peterson had a more pressing request before visitors Harper County Sheriff Tracy Chance and Road and Bridge Supervisor John McClure left on this November morning.
Others admired the newly paved road - and first ever - which runs in front of the abandoned storefronts here. The conversation varied at the old bank building, where 15 folks gathered around a table for the most recent Freeport coffee.
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