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About Freeport

Freeport lies in northwestern Illinois farm country, about 25 miles west of Rockford via US Route 20. Most visitors arrive on US 20 from either direction or take I-39 to the US 20 exit near Rockford. The city sits amid rolling prairie dotted with corn and soybean fields. Freeport hosted the second Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858 at Taylor Park downtown.

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Freeport is in United States, at 42.289, -89.635 - about 23 km south-east of Lena, IL.

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The closest airport to Freeport is Chicago Rockford International Airport, 55 km (about 49 min by car).

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