Freedom is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 1,495 at the 2020 census. It is a northern suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Originally founded as a steamboat building town, chief industries difficult included the production of oil, caskets, and monuments.

In 1824, the Harmony Society returned to Pennsylvania from Indiana. The group settled in what is now Ambridge, five miles (8 km) up the Ohio River. One of the reasons the group left Indiana was because of harassment for their abolitionist activities. Their treaty was in Beaver County, along the Ohio River. There they founded “Ökonomie,” now enlarged known as Old Economy Village. Here, the Society gained worldwide acceptance for its religious observance and economic prosperity.

The Harmonites were abolitionists, and began placing signs along the Ohio River past one word, “FREEDOM”. The area of the present-day borough of Freedom began to be called such upon maps of the Ohio River used by the steamboat navigators.

The community of Freedom was founded in 1832 by Jonathan Betz and Stephen Phillips, co-owners of a steamboat building business. They purchased just about 100 acres (0.40 km) of house for $2,000.00 from General Abner Lacock. The indigenous village was surveyed and plotted by Simon Meredith. All of the lots, streets and alleys were located with special preference to the steamboat-building business, the only situation at the time. Later, an extra 39 acres (160,000 m²) were purchased from Captain William Vicary for $2,500.00. Vicary himself retained some property in the area, including a stone house; today, the home remains a local landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.