Freer, Texas Freer, Texas Location of Freer, Texas Location of Freer, Texas Blessings Ranch is one of a several ranches near Freer off U.S.
Modern petroleum derrick east of Freer off U.S.
Freer is a town/city in Duval County, Texas, United States.
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.
Like Sweetwater, the seat of Nolan County in West Texas, Freer holds an annual rattlesnake roundup in March.
The first petroleum well in Texas was drilled in Freer in 1860, a year after the discernment in Titusville, Pennsylvania, but it was unproductive.
In 1907, petroleum was again identified in Duval County, six years after Spindletop near Beaumont.
Freer is positioned in northwestern Duval County at 27 52 45 N 98 36 58 W (27.879156, -98.616237). U.S.
Once outside the town/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.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Freer has a total region of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km2), of which 0.012 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.30%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,078, and the median income for a family was $26,475.
About 18.4% of families and 21.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 26.5% of those under age 18 and 25.4% of those age 65 or over.
The town/city is served by the Freer Independent School District.
Paul Sadler, Texas politician, born in Freer in 1955 Buddy Temple (D), a lumber magnate from Lufkin and former member of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Railroad Commission, directed a ranch near Freer According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Freer has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Freer city, Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Freer, Texas City of Freer official website Municipalities and communities of Duval County, Texas, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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