Community Organizations

Freeland Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 217 

Freeland, MI  48623

(989) 695-6620

 

Freeland Community School District

 

Michigan Chapter V

Michigan Voyagers Goldwing Road Riders Touring Club

 

Saginaw Genealogical Society
c/o Public Libraries of Saginaw
505 Janes Avenue
Saginaw, Michigan  48607

Churches

First Baptist Church

 

Freeland United Methodist Church

Historical Marker Registered Site No. L1608

Built in 1919

205 E. Washington

Freeland, MI  48623

 

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

545 7th Street
Freeland, Michigan 48623

(989) 695-9626

Website

Golf Courses

Apple Mountain Resort

Bayou Golf Club

Beech Hollow Golf Course

Skiing & Snowboarding

Apple Mountain Ski Resort

4519 North River Road 

(800) 781-6789

Downhill skiing on a man made mountain, snow boarding and family recreation. Great for beginners! Enjoy a great meal at Kathleen's, an excellent restaurant at Apple Mountain!

Local History

A Post Office named Jay, for Jefferson Jagruth, its first postmaster in 1856, located in the settlement of Loretta.

George Truesdale was chiefly responsible for having the office moved here to the settlement of Tittabawassee.  

The tavern here was run by "Mammy Freeland" and the lumberjacks and river men who frequented it named the village Freeland.  The Post Office changed the name from Jay to Freeland in 1879.

In 1944 U.S. Army Nurse Aleda E. Lutz of Freeland Michigan was the first U.S. military woman to die in a combat zone during World War II when her hospital plane went down on her 196th rescue mission.  Miissing In Action - the Eloise Richardson Story.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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