Freer, Texas
| Freer, Texas | |
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 Location of Freer, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 27°52′45″N 98°36′58″W / 27.87917°N 98.61611°WCoordinates: 27°52′45″N 98°36′58″W / 27.87917°N 98.61611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Duval |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.06 sq mi (10.52 km2) |
| • Land | 4.05 sq mi (10.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,818 |
| • Density | 696/sq mi (268.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 78357 |
| Area code(s) | 361 |
| FIPS code | 48-27432 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1336186 |
| Website | www |
Freer is a city in Duval County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,818 at the 2010 census, down from 3,241 at the 2000 census. The city and county are heavily Hispanic in ethnicity and Democratic in voting history. From the 1930s-1960s, the county was dominated by the political boss, called a patron in South Texas, George Parr, a supporter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Parr's influence waned thereafter, and he committed suicide at his Los Harcones ranch in 1975.
Like Sweetwater, the seat of Nolan County in West Texas, Freer holds an annual rattlesnake roundup in March.
The first oil well in Texas was drilled in Freer in 1860, a year after the discovery in Titusville, Pennsylvania, but it was unproductive. In 1907, oil was again discovered in Duval County, six years after Spindletop near Beaumont.
Freer is located in northwestern Duval County at 27°52′45″N 98°36′58″W / 27.87917°N 98.61611°W (27.879156, -98.616237).U.S. Route 59 passes east–west through the city as Riley Street. Once outside the city limits, US 59 leads northeast 68 miles (109 km) to Beeville and southwest 59 miles (95 km) to Laredo. Texas State Highway 16 (Norton Avenue) crosses US 59 in the center of town and leads north 111 miles (179 km) to San Antonio and southwest 92 miles (148 km) to Zapata on the Rio Grande. Texas State Highway 44 passes through the center of Freer on Riley Street with US 59 but leads east 25 miles (40 km) to San Diego, the Duval County seat, and 35 miles (56 km) to Alice, as well as west 47 miles (76 km) to Interstate 35 at Encinal.
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