Herptiles are vertebrates and include both reptiles and amphibians. The animal world is inhabited with approximately 58,000 species of vertebrates, which seems like a lot, yet is only about 3% of all animal species. Invertebrates make up the bulk of the animals at 97% of the species.
There are 220 lane miles in the City of Freeport in which our Street Department maintains. The population of Freeport is 25,638 (2010 Census) The following information is from the 2008-2010 American Community Survey.
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 miles (5.6 km) of beach bounded on the northeast by the village of Quintana and continuing southwest to the mouth of the Brazos River.