Freeport

Also known as Freeport, Texas, Freeport, TX

city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Texas
County: Brazoria
Incorporated: February 10, 1917
Type: Council-Manager
City council: Mayor Brooks Bass , Jeff Peña , Jerry Cain , George Matamoros , Winston Rossow
City manager: Lance Petty
Total: 17.70 sq mi (45.84 km )
Land: 15.40 sq mi (39.88 km )
Water: 2.30 sq mi (5.96 km )
Elevation: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Density: 788.2/sq mi (304.31/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC-5 ( CDT )
Zip codes: 77541-77542
Fips code: 48-27420
Website: www .freeporttx .gov

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Freeport
Population: 10696
Area: 44.192465
Elevation: 0
Official website: www.freeport.tx.us
Households: 4224
Dialing code: 979

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Commons category: Freeport, Texas
postal code: 77542
inception: 1912-01-01
P8168: DGL
water as percent of area: 12.3594
per capita income: 19953

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Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico, founded in 1912. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 10,696, down from 12,049 in 2010, where Hispanic or Latino were 52% of the population.

Freeport's economic growth began in 1939 with the construction of Dow Chemical Company facilities, which remain its largest employer and are the largest integrated chemical manufacturing facility in the United States.