Freeport, Texas

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The city of Freeport is located in Brazoria County.

Freeport is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Freeport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Freeport can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Freeport had a population of 12,708 people^<2> (or 5.23% of the total population of Brazoria County). The population of Freeport represented 0.06% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 164th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Freeport had a population of 12,494 people. This is a decrease of 1.68% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Freeport.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Angleton	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	18,613	2.66% increase
	Bailey's Prairie	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	705	1.59% increase
	Brazoria	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,959	6.17% increase
	Clute	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	10,765	3.27% increase
	Danbury	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,684	4.53% increase
	Jones Creek	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,103	1.27% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Freeport.

Website for Freeport

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Freeport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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