Freeport
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freeport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.