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Freeport is a borough in the southwestern corner of Armstrong County, sitting on the Allegheny River where Buffalo Creek flows into it.

Freeport got its name because founder David Todd declared it a free and open port, where river craft could tie up along the Allegheny free of charge.

Freeport was first settled in the 1760s, and in 1796 William and David Todd laid out the town — first called Todd's Town — with original lots conveyed for $24 each in 1797.

Freeport was incorporated as a borough on April 8, 1833.

Freeport was a port on the former Pennsylvania Canal, and its location on the river and canal made it a brisk commercial center for trade moving toward Pittsburgh.

Freeport's first industry was boatbuilding, sparked around 1806 when Boston sea captain Edward Hart arrived with New England artisans.

Freeport played a small part in early oil history: a salt well drilled across the river in 1820 struck oil at 114 feet, and James McCulloch and William Ralston later refined that oil for lamps, making Ralston a pioneer of regional oil refining.

Freeport's population was 1,736 at the 2020 census; back in 2000 the borough had 1,962 people living in 878 households.

Freeport students attend the Freeport Area School District — formed in 1969 by merging Freeport with Buffalo and South Buffalo townships — whose teams are the Yellowjackets and whose high school campus is in Sarver.

Freeport sits just downstream from where the Kiskiminetas River joins the Allegheny, less than a mile northeast of the borough.