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About Fred, Texas

Fred is a locality in Tyler County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Fred is located at 30.5766°N, 94.1763°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77616.

Fred emerges from the dense, tangled canopy of the East Texas piney woods, a quiet settlement defined by the slow, humid respiration of the forest. It lies 21.5 miles north of Lumberton, TX (from Lumberton, TX: bearing 4°T), and is situated 15.7 miles north of Silsbee. The landscape here is low and soft-shouldered, where the light filters through tall loblolly pines to dapple the sandy earth in shades of amber and deep shadow. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Franks Branch carve a path through the undergrowth, providing a cool, constant presence in the muggy heat of the afternoon. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Bear Grass Ridge breaks the horizon, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that once shaped this broad, inland expanse. Just five miles to the south, the protected biodiversity of the Big Thicket National Preserve guards the tangled thickets and cypress sloughs, while the still, quiet surface of Tater Patch Lake offers a mirror to the unchanging sky. Fred maintains a pace set by the seasons and the cycle of the timber trade, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers. The local economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of generations who cleared these woods and built homesteads from the native pine, leaving a legacy of sturdy, weathered structures that have surrendered to the slow creep of vines. Life in Fred possesses a deliberate stillness, where the sound of a distant truck on a gravel road carries for miles in the heavy, pine-scented air. There is a particular clarity in the evenings here, when the heat relents and the insects begin their rhythmic chorus, grounding the inhabitants in a reality that demands little but persistence. This is a place that does not seek to be known, content to exist in the quiet intervals between the rustle of wind in the needles and the steady, patient flow of the nearby creeks.

About This Fred Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fred, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.576595, -94.176299. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Fred and Tyler County.

Detailed location data for Fred includes the ZIP code (77660), telephone area code (281), county seat of Tyler County (Woodville), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Fred is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.