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Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 10,696, down from 12,049 in 2010.

Freeport was founded as a European American settlement in November 1912 by the Freeport Sulphur Company. The population was 300. However, by 1929, that population had grown to 3,500, and to 4,100 by 1939, influencing a steady increase of economic expansion in Freeport. By 1937, a Freeport School District had been established, consisting of several segregated schools and 27 teachers. There were two white schools, one black school, and a white high school.

Port Freeport is a seaport on the Gulf of Mexico and is currently ranked 26th in international tonnage. The associated chemical plants provide a stable economy. Freeport is the site of the Dow Chemical Company's Texas Operations facility, which is the company's largest integrated site.

Freeport is located in southern Brazoria County at (28.959527, –95.356941), near the mouth of the Brazos River in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2003, the city annexed 3.5 mile (6 km) of beach bounded on the northeast by the village of Quintana and continuing southwest to the mouth of the Brazos River. This beach is known as Bryan Beach. It is just a few miles away from Surfside and Quintana beaches. Texas State Highway 288, the Nolan Ryan Expressway, leads north from Freeport 17 mile (27 km) to Angleton, the county seat, and 61 mile (98 km) to downtown Houston. Texas State Highway 36 leads northwest 15 mile (24 km) to Brazoria. According to the United States Census Bureau, Freeport has a total area of , of which is land and , or 12.36%, is water.

Freeport is in Texas' 14th congressional district, and is represented by Congressman Randy Weber.

The Brazosport Facts in Clute is a local paper. It was headquartered in Freeport until the move to Clute in 1976. The Houston Chronicle is the metropolitan area newspaper.

Schools in Freeport include Brazosport High School (Grades 9–12), Freeport Intermediate School (Grades 7–8), Lanier Middle School (Grades 5–6), Freeport Elementary, and Velasco Elementary School but this place shut down (Grades Pre K–4). They are all maintained through Brazosport Independent School District. The $19.2 million Freeport Elementary facility opened in 2018. VLK Architects designed the building. The student capacity is 750. Velasco Elementary was a Kindergarten through grade 4 school until 2017, when it became a grade 2–4 school for all of Freeport. Grades K–1 were moved to O. A. Fleming Elementary, which was scheduled to close in 2018 and be replaced by Freeport Elementary. and Jane Long Elementary School (grades 2–4). Jane Long was scheduled to close in 2017, with Fleming taking grades K–1 and Velasco Elementary taking over grades 2–4. Fleming was scheduled to close when the new Freeport Elementary School opened in 2018. The Texas Legislature designated the Brazosport ISD as in the Brazosport College zone.

The Freeport Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System.