Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Walton
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Russell "Russ" Barley
- Total
- 19.00 sq mi (49.21 km )
- Land
- 18.94 sq mi (49.06 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 26 ft (7.9 m)
- Density
- 309.4/sq mi (119.46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 850 , 448
- Fips code
- 12-24825
- Website
- www .freeportflorida .gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Freeport is a city in Walton County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Freeport had a population of 5,861, up from 1,787 at the 2010 census. Freeport is one of the fastest growing cities in Florida. After the construction of the massive group of neighborhoods, Hammock Bay, the population grew by about two thousand.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freeport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.