Port Isabel Merchant District - PORT

Named for the Navigation District area established in the 1930s, continues to serve as a port and industrial complex.
Boundaries:
North: Water Department
South: End of Port Area
East: South Shore Channel & Port Isabel Channel
West: Flats




Click on the District logos above for more information about their location.
The Port District is located on Port and Marina Drive and borders the turning basin and the Brownsville Ship Channel. The Port was created in the 1930s as a shipping facility for the lower Rio Grande Valley citrus industry.

The Port District is home to fishing and shrimping related industry, the Port Isabel/San Benito Navigation District offices and SeaRanch Marina II, base to the Texas International Fishing Tournament weigh-in activities every year the first weekend in August.

Businesses located in this district are indicated with the Port District icon on their business listing page.

>Port Isabel Merchant District background information.

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