Freeburn, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Freeburn

|official_name =

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community & census-designated place

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|image_skyline = Freeburn, Kentucky.jpg

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|image_caption = Freeburn

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|image_map = Pike County Kentucky incorporated and unincorporated areas Freeburn highlighted.svg

|mapsize = 260px

|map_caption = Location in Pike County and the state of Kentucky.

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Kentucky

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Pike

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 3.13

|area_land_km2 = 3.13

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 296

|population_density_km2 = 94.58

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|timezone_DST = EST

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 725

|coordinates = {{coord|37|33|52|N|82|8|30|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP codes

|postal_code = 41528

|area_code =

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 21-29134

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 492497{{GNIS|492497}}

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.21

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.21

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_density_sq_mi = 245.03

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Freeburn is a census-designated place, unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office called Liss was established in the community in 1911. In 1932, it was renamed Freeburn supposedly for a freeburning coal seam fire.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA110 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=110| isbn=0813126312 }}