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{{Infobox Ibican county
| county  = Freemont County
| state = West Monroe
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| founded = 1721
| seat wl = Willmington
| largest city wl = Willmington
| area_total_sq_mi = 1777
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| census yr = 2015
| pop = 2398752
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| ex image = Nueces county courthouse.jpg
| ex image size = 225
| ex image cap = The Freemont County Courthouse in Willmington
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'''Freemont County''' is a county in the [[States and territories of Ibica|state]] of [[West Monroe]]. As of the 2015 census, the population was 2,398,752, making it the [[List of Counties in West Monroe|second most-populous county]] in the state. The county seat is [[Willmington]]. The county was formed in 1720 from portions of [[Shelby County, West Monroe|Shelby]] and [[Love County, West Monroe|Love]] Counties and organized the following year. Freemont County is part of the [[Willmington Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[Ibican Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|1777|sqmi}}. It borders the [[Gulf of Angola]] to the southwest, [[Travis County, West Monroe|Travis County]] to the northwest, Shelby County the northeast, [[Panamor County, West Monroe|Panamor County]] to the east, and Love County to the southeast.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-10.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10]]
* [[Image:I-25.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 25]]
* [[Image:I-610.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 610]]
* [[Image:IR-1.png|20px]] [[Ibica Route 1]]
* [[Image:IR-2.png|20px]] [[Ibica Route 2]]
* [[Image:IR-59.png|20px]] [[Ibica Route 59]]
* [[Image:IR-64.png|20px]] [[Ibica Route 64]]
* [[Image:WM-1.png|20px]] [[West Monroe State Highway 1]]
* [[Image:WM-7.png|20px]] [[West Monroe State Highway 7]]
* [[Image:WM-54.png|20px]] [[West Monroe State Highway 54]]
* [[Image:WM-77.png|20px]] [[West Monroe State Highway 77]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Travis County, West Monroe|Travis County]] (northwest)
* [[Shelby County, West Monroe|Shelby County]] (northeast)
* [[Panamor County, West Monroe|Panamor County]] (east)
* [[Love County, West Monroe|Love County]] (southeast)

==Cities==
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* [[Bishop, West Monroe|Bishop]]
* [[Carrington, West Monroe|Carrington]]
* [[Commerce Park, West Monroe|Commerce Park]]
* [[Ferris, West Monroe|Ferris]]
* [[North Perrytown, West Monroe|North Perrytown]]
* [[Pierce, West Monroe|Pierce]]
* [[Ralston, West Monroe|Ralston]]
* [[Scottsbluff, West Monroe|Scottsbluff]]
* [[Westside Village, West Monroe|Westside Village]]
* [[Willmington]]
{{div col end}}

==Government and infrastructure==
[[File:TravisCounty.JPG|thumb|left|Renita Blythe Administration Building in Willmington]]
Like other West Monroe counties, Freemont County is governed by a Commissioners' Court composed of the county judge and four county commissioners. The court levies county taxes and sets the budgets for county officials and agencies. The judge and commissioners are elected for four-year terms (the judge at-large, and the commissioners from geographic precincts). The other major county-wide official is the county clerk, who maintains the county's records, administers elections, and oversees legal documentation (such as property deeds, marriage licenses and assumed name certificates). The clerk is also elected at-large for a four-year term.

The Randall Devereux Freemont County Courthouse is located in downtown Willmington. The county courthouse holds civil and criminal trial courts and other functions of county government. The county's probate courts are in the process of being moved from the county courthouse into the old Federal District Court building, which was acquired by the county in 2016.
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===Corrections===
The Freemont County Jail and the Freemont County Criminal Justice Center are located in Downtown Willmington. The Freemont County Correctional Complex is located in an unincorporated area in Travis County, east of the city of [[Ferris, West Monroe|Ferris]].

The [[West Monroe Department of Correction]] operates the [[Freemont County Unit]], a state jail for men, next to the county corrections complex.

==Education==

===School districts===
Freemont County is served by a number of public school districts; the largest is [[Willmington Independent School District]], serving most of Willmington. Other districts located in Freemont County include [[Bishop Independent School District|Bishop ISD]], [[Carrington Independent School District|Carrington ISD]], [[Ferris Independent School District|Ferris ISD]], [[Perrytown Independent School District|Perrytown ISD]], [[Pierce Independent School District|Pierce ISD]], [[Ralston Independent School District|Ralston ISD]], and [[Westside Independent School District|Westside ISD]].

===Colleges and universities===
The largest university in Freemont County is the [[West Monroe State University]]. Other universities include [[Willmington University]], and [[Ibican National University]].

Under state law [[Freemont County Community College]] (FCCC) is the designated community college for the county.

==Politics==
Freemont County is one of the most consistently Progressive counties in West Monroe, having voted for the Progressive presidential nominee in twelve of the last fifteen elections since 1960.

The county's Progressive bent is not limited to the federal level, as all of the county-level officials and most state representatives are Progressives.

=== County government ===

==== Freemont County elected officials ====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Position'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| County Judge
| Brant Wilkins
| [[Progressive Party (Ibica)|Progressive]]
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 1
| Virginie Haynes
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 2
| Wardell Hurst
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 3
| Keith Thompsett
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 4
| Jordana Dabney
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| County Attorney
| Conway Clayton
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Sheriff
| Darwin Saunders
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| [[Ibican Senate|Senior Federal Senator]]
| Royston Howard
| [[Conservative Party (Ibica)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| Junior Federal Senator
| Diann Blakeslee
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe 1st Congressional District|Federal House District 1]]
| Jimmy Hawking
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe 2nd Congressional District|Federal House District 2]]
| Geneva Daniels
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe 3rd Congressional District|Federal House District 3]]
| Romaine Hale
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe 4th Congressional District|Federal House District 4]]
| Meghan Abbott
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe 5th Congressional District|Federal House District 5]]
| Orpha Williams
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe House of Representatives|State House District 60]]
| Corine Landon
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 61
| Angelia Masterson
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 62
| Sean Beck
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 63
| Leah Hume
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 64
| Lawrie Young
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 65
| Brennan Leighton
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 66
| Isaiah Winchester
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 67
| Raphael Weaver
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 68
| Kara Henson
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 69
| Murray Selby
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 70
| Cece Albinson
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 71
| Jesse Tatham
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 72
| Lucky Leonard
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 73
| Carrie Bolton
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 74
| Liana Milford
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 75
| Russell Northrop
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State House District 76
| Ashton Milford
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| [[West Monroe State Senate|State Senate District 35]]
| Mabelle Jones
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 36
| Harriet Morrish
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 37
| Valerie Witherspoon
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 38
| Floyd Mitchell
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 39
| Kimmy Randell
| Conservative
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 40
| Farrell Rhodes
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 41
| Peg Pond
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 42
| Sherwood Goffe
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 43
| Enola Shearer
| Progressive
|-
| style="background:green;"|&nbsp;
| State Senate District 44
| Jimmie Shelby
| Conservative
|}

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