Port Isabel Profile
Port Isabel is located 35 miles southeast of Harlingen and
22 miles northeast of Brownsville, Texas. It lies on the eastern end of the Rio
Grande Valley at the Brazos-Santiago Pass to the Gulf of Mexico, and about 30
miles from the border city of Matamoros, Mexico. Elevation: 27 feet. Land area:
2.2 square miles. Zip code: 78578.
Port Isabel is 180 miles from Monterrey, Mexico; 286 miles
from San Antonio; 366 miles from Houston; 531 miles from Dallas; 688 miles from
Mexico City; and 815 miles from El Paso, Texas.
• Nearest city
with population 50,000+: Brownsville, TX. (21.1 mi., pop. 139,722)
• Nearest
city with population 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX. (116.2 mi., pop. 277,454)
• Nearest
city with population 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX. (250.1 mi., pop. 1,144,646)
• Nearest
cities: Laguna Heights (3.0 miles); South Padre Island (4.0 miles); Laguna Vista
(6.0 miles); Bayview (13.5 miles), Del Mar Heights (14.5 miles); Chula Vista-Orason
(15.8 miles); Reid Hope King, (17.3 miles); Los Fresnos (18.2 miles)
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Port Isabel
1990..................................5,506
1992..................................5,610
2000..................................4,865
2004..................................5,017
Cameron County
1990.............................260,120
1992.............................263,005
1995.............................299,584
2000.............................335,227
Rio Grande Valley
1990.............................701,888
1995.............................829,173
2000.............................978,369 |
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Ad valorem rate per $100
evaluation:
City of Port Isabel- 0.687
Cameron County- 0.340536
State of Texas - none
Point Isabel ISD- 1.35612
Laguna Madre Water District- 0.18
Texas Southmost College- 0.1314
South Texas ISD- 0.0392 |
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The City of
Port Isabel has a Home Rule type of government with five council
members including the mayor, a city planning commission and a city
master plan. The city has a full-time manager and staff.
Emergency personnel include 16 police
officers, 8 police cars and a routine night patrol.The fire
department has one fire marshall, 5 vehicles and a fire insurance
rating of 0.42 full key rate. Service is provided to industry beyond
the corporate limits. |
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Port Isabel is home to about
2,500 school children attending one of four public schools.Port
Isabel is within 25 miles of The University of Texas at Brownsville
and Texas Southmost College, and 40 miles from Texas State Technical
College, the University Preparatory School and the Marine Military
Academy, in Harlingen.Point Isabel Independent School District
Dr. Estella Pineda, Superintendent
202 Port Road
P. O. Drawer AH
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 943-0000
Derry Elementary
Second & Oklahoma
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 943-0070
Garriga Elementary
600 Washington Street
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 934-0080
Port Isabel Junior High School
Highway 100
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 943-0060
Port Isabel High School
Highway 100
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 943-0030
Laguna Madre Learning Center
Highway 100
Port Isabel, Texas 78578
(956) 943-0051
University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas
Southmost College
South Padre Island Center
1 Wallace Reed Road
South Padre Island, Texas 78597
(956) 761-7806
University of Texas - Pan American
Coastal Studies Laboratory
Isla Blanca Park
South Padre Island, Texas 78597
(956) 761-2644
University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas
Southmost College
80 Fort Brown Road
Brownsville, Texas 78520
(956) 544-8200
Texas State Technical College
2424 Boxwood
Harlingen, Texas 78550
(956) 425-0600 |
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3 Parks
3 Museums (Treasures of the Gulf, Historic Museum & Port Isabel
Lighthouse)
1 Swimming Pool
2 Golf Courses
4 Tennis Courts
1 Movie Theatre
1 Youth Center (Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Madre)
1 Auditorium (High School)
1 Library, accredited
1 Civic Center
Other facilities and services include six golf courses within 30
miles (many more within 60 miles), hunting, fishing, boating, bird
watching, South Padre Island and the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Rotary Club
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Post #498
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Madre
Friends of the Library
Laguna Madre Art League
Laguna Madre
Humane Society
Laguna Madre Museum Foundation, Inc.
Laguna Madre Yacht Club
Habitat for Humanity, Laguna Madre Chapter
Laguna Madre Golf Association |
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