Freeport is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Wirt County Wirt County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,194, making it the least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Elizabeth. The county was created in 1848 by the Virginia Gen ...

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, United States. It is located along Route 47 (Old Staunton Turnpike), approximately four miles east of the Wood County line and two miles west of the Ritchie County line. Its elevation is 607 feet (185m). The first post office (no longer standing) in the Clay District of Wirt County was established at the mouth of Goose Creek in Freeport around 1842, marking it as an early center of regional communication and settlement.Hardesty, Hardesty’s History of Wirt County, West Virginia, in My West Virginia Pioneer Families, accessed April 21, 2025, https://www.wvgenweb.org/wirt/hardesty.htm.

Notable people

* Earl Shirkey, musician

References

Unincorporated communities in Wirt County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{WirtCountyWV-geo-stub