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Freeport city (1990 pop. 25,115), Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. A popular resort area, it developed out of a 1955 agreement between the Bahamian colonial government and a private development company to create a free port and business area. The venture was a rapid success, resulting in the additional development of resort facilities. A petroleum transshipment facility is there, as is an international airport.

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Freeport, The Bahamas, Canada, USA 1. The Bahamas: founded in 1955 as a ‘free port’, thus tax exempt.2. USA (Illinois): founded in 1835 as Winneshiek. However, Freeport was adopted as a result of the hospitality of an early settler, William Baker, and his wife.

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