List of freedmen's towns

A historically African-American municipality, known in various areas as "freedmen's town", "freedom towns", or "all-Black towns", are municipalities which were established by or for a predominantly African-American populace. Many of these municipalities were established or populated by freed slaves either during or after the period of legal slavery in the United States in the 19th century.

In Oklahoma before the end of segregation there existed dozens of these communities as many African-American migrants from the Southeast found a space whereby they could establish municipalities on their own terms. Chief among them was Edward P. McCabe, who envisioned so large a number of African-Americans settling in the territory that it would become a Black-governed state. In Texas, 357 such "freedom colonies" have been located and verified.

List
Places marked in italics are no longer populated.

Alabama

 * Africatown
 * Hobson City

Arizona

 * Mobile
 * Randolph

Arkansas

 * Fargo

California

 * Allensworth

Canada

 * North Buxton, Ontario

Colorado

 * Dearfield

Florida

 * Bradenton, Florida
 * Eatonville
 * Fort Mose
 * Freedtown, Florida
 * Rosewood

Georgia

 * Chubbtown, Georgia
 * Pin Point, Georgia
 * Pennick, Georgia
 * Oscarville, Georgia

Illinois

 * Brooklyn
 * Lakeview
 * New Philadelphia
 * Robbins, Illinois

Indiana

 * Beech Settlement
 * Roberts Settlement
 * Lyles Station, Indiana

Kansas

 * Nicodemus

Kentucky

 * Huntertown

Louisiana

 * Mossville
 * Scotlandville

Maine

 * Harbor Island

Maryland

 * Unionville

Massachusetts

 * Parting Ways

Mississippi

 * Davis Bend
 * Mound Bayou

Missouri

 * Kinloch
 * Meacham Park
 * North Webster
 * Pennytown
 * Robertson

Nebraska

 * DeWitty

New Jersey

 * Marshalltown
 * Springtown
 * Whitesboro
 * Lawnside
 * Hobbstown

New Mexico

 * Blackdom
 * Vado

New York

 * Eastville, Sag Harbor, New York
 * Freetown, New York
 * Sandy Ground
 * Seneca Village
 * Weeksville

North Carolina

 * Bethania
 * Hayti
 * James City
 * Method, North Carolina, now part of Raleigh
 * Princeville
 * Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony
 * Oberlin Village, Raleigh, North Carolina

Oklahoma

 * Boley
 * Brooksville
 * Clearview
 * Grayson
 * IXL
 * Langston
 * Lima
 * Redbird
 * Rentie Grove, Tulsa
 * Rentiesville
 * Summit
 * Taft
 * Tatums
 * Tullahassee
 * Vernon
 * Greenwood, Tulsa

South Carolina

 * Mitchelville
 * Promised Land

Tennessee

 * Free Hill

Texas

 * Barrett Station
 * Bear Creek, Texas (Dallas County)
 * Douglass Community
 * Clarksville Historic District (Austin,TX)
 * Deep Ellum, Dallas
 * Ellis Alley, San Antonio
 * Elm Thicket, Dallas
 * Freedmen's Town Historic District, Fourth Ward, Houston
 * Independence Heights, Houston
 * Kendleton
 * Little Egypt
 * Moore Station
 * Mosier Valley
 * Pelham, Texas
 * Peyton, Texas
 * Quakertown|
 * Saint Johns Colony
 * Shankleville
 * Sunnyside
 * Tamina
 * Tenth Street Historic District, Dallas

Virginia

 * Freedmen's Village, Arlington National Cemetery
 * Pocahontas Island