Texas Gulf Coast · TX
Port Mansfield
A quiet fishing village on the Laguna Madre.
- Population
- 319 (2020 census)
- County
- Willacy
- Channel dredged
- 2021
Then
- 2008–2010
The Port Mansfield Channel through Padre Island silts up after Hurricanes Rita and Dolly; it is dredged with federal relief money.
- 2021
The channel is dredged again, building a beach beside the jetty.
Now
A channel links Port Mansfield to the Intracoastal Waterway and, through Padre Island, to the Gulf.