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Region: Gulf Coast
Until 1948, the little-used highway from Raymondville to point on Laguna Madre called Redfish Bay was traveled by occasional fishermen going to deserted beaches. No community marked the road's end at the water's edge. People of Willacy County, employing own financing, set about creating a port. They built wharves, docks and turning basin; laid out town site, and called it Port Mansfield. Ship channel completed 1962, slicing across shallow Laguna Madre, through Padre Island into deep waters of Gulf of Mexico.
Port Mansfield's surrounding salt flats and small spoil islands support an amazing variety of resident and migratory birds. The nearby Laguna Madre area is well-known among bird watchers.
The town is also home to U.S. Weather Bureau and U.S. Coast Guard stations.
Nearby Cities: Sarita, Raymondville, Rio Hondo,
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