WEBSITE HOSTING AVAILABLE for COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES: In January 2008, the Greene County Commissioners began offering Municipal Website Hosting, to encourage our townships and boroughs to compile information about their own municipality that would benefit the residents of that municipality.
We're proud to announce that Perry Township has been the first to take advantage of our county website hosting service.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Barbara Cunningham, Chairman, Board of Supervisors
773 Golden Oaks Road, New Freeport, PA 15352
Phone: 724-447-2082 / Fax: 724-447-2082
New Freeport Volunteer Fire Company:
To Report a Fire: 911
Business Calls Only: 724-447-2541
ABOUT FREEPORT TOWNSHIP:
Freeport Township was incorporated in 1932. New Freeport was founded by W.P. Hoskinson; it was a free port for trading, and was once a sugar camp where sugar-maple trees were abundant.
Children living within Freeport Township attend schools within the West Greene School District, which includes:
Aleppo Elementary — 724-428-5266. Business Office — 724-499-5183
Graysville Elementary — 724-428-3592
Spring-Freeport Elementary — 724-447-2331
Superintendent's Office — 724-499-5183
West Greene High School — 724-499-5191
West Greene Middle School — 724-499-5051
Greene County Career & Technology Center — 724-627-3106
Voting Precinct for Freeport Township: is located in the New Freeport VFD at 111 Main Street, New Freeport, PA 15352 (Building Phone — 724-447-2541). For more information, contact the Greene County Elections Office — 724-852-5304. Freeport Township Coordinance: Latitude: 39.757908, Longitude: -80.461303. Time zone: Eastern and zip code: 15352. The geography of Freeport Township according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 22.4 km˛ (8.7 mi˛), all land.
Vice Chairman: Kenneth E. Kirby, PO Box 82, New Freeport, PA 15352
3rd Member: Brandt E. Hoag 348 Stockdale Hill Road, New Freeport, PA 15352
Secretary/Treasurer: Lisa Gatrell, 359 Jollytown Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2005
Auditors:
Patricia Ashcraft, 201 Jollytown Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2833
Melissa Gorby, 128 Main Street, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2600
Ginger Wise, 108 Berdine Hill Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2056
Elected Tax Collector: Darleen K. Barnhart 850 Golden Oaks Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2976
Appointed Tax Collector: Central Tax Bureau of PA, Inc. 192 West High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 — Phone: 724-627-8980
EMS Coordinator: Brandt E. Hoag 348 Stockdale Hill Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2074
Sewage Officer: Lewis J. Matt 186 Pine Run Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 — Phone: 724-499-5376
Engineer: K-2 Engineering
Solicitor: J. William Hook 189 W. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 — Phone: 724-627-6146
Open Records Contact: Lisa Gatrell, Sec., 359 Jollytown Road, New Freeport, PA 15352 — Phone: 724-447-2005
Scheduled Board Meetings: The Freeport Township Board of Supervisors meet the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Township Municipal Building, 773 Golden Oaks Road, Freeport, PA (Phone: 724-447-2082). Meeting Notes: please contact the township office for a copy of their meeting notes. Permits and Ordinances: please contact the township office for information on the comprehensive plan. Deed Transfers: A deed is the document that transfers ownership of real estate. It contains the names of the old and new owners and a legal description of the property, and is signed by the person transferring the property. Property Deeds for Greene County are recorded in our Office of Register and Recorder, located in the Greene County Courthouse, Room 100, 10 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Phone: 724-852-5283). For more information, go to: Recorder of Deeds.
Click here for deed transfers recorded within Freeport Township of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Comprehensive Plan: For information on Aleppo Township's Comprehensive Plan, please contact the township office.
Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development.
Churches: New Freeport Baptist Church, New Freeport Church of Christ, Sandhill Church of Christ, Jollytown United Methodist Charge
Cemeteries: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
(Information Source: wikipedia.org (Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia))
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units. All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap geographically and may act together to serve the public. Freeport Township is located within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 302 at the 2000 census.
USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the
USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399. County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Barbara Cunningham, Chairman, Board of Supervisors
