Marker Inscription
INSCRIPTION: Port Mansfield
Historical Marker
Port Mansfield
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About this site
Port Mansfield is a historical marker in Port Mansfield, Willacy County, dedicated in 1949. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Willacy County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 38 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 26.5548, -97.4325 near Port Mansfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Unknown #2 (cemetery), about 9.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include El Toro Cemetery, San Juan De Carricitos Land Grant, and San Perlita "Pearl of the Valley".
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5489004079. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Port Mansfield, on the Laguna Madre in Willacy County, grew from an isolated fish camp once known as Red Fish Landing. The harbor was opened in 1950 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and named for Congressman Joseph J. Mansfield, whose legislation extended the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway south toward the Rio Grande. After a pass was cut through Padre Island in 1957, the resulting tidal exchange with the Gulf made the area a rich sport- and commercial-fishing center.
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