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Fredstone Park
in Port Mansfield
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, November 2009 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Once
an obscure and hard to reach fishing camp named Red Fish Landing,
the Corp of Engineers opened it as a harbor in 1950. It was named
for U. S. Representative Joseph J. Mansfield, who introduced a bill
extending the Intracoastal Waterway from Corpus
Christi to the Rio Grande.
The first channel was cut through Padre Island in 1957. The community
at that time consisted of just fishing cabins, a hotel and store/
bait shop. The final cut was finished in 1962. Now that there was
a tidal exchange between the Gulf and the Lagoon, there was a notable
increase in fishing and commercial tourism.
From a 1966 population of 525 it increased to 731 in 1990. Population
dropped to 226 in 2010.
Although the community had received its mail from Raymondville
up into the 1990s, it now has its own post office. Zip code 78598.
Port Mansfield,
Texas Today
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Water on the
way to Port Mansfield
TE Photo, July 2001 |
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