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South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,066 at the 2020 census. The town is located on South Padre Island, a barrier island along the Texas Gulf Coast accessible via the Queen Isabella Causeway from the town of Port Isabel. South Padre Island is named after José Nicolás Ballí (Padre Ballí), a Catholic priest and settler.

South Padre Island town overview:
Name:	South Padre Island town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Cameron County
Elevation:	7 ft (2 m)
Total Area:	3.74 sq mi (9.68 km²)
Land Area:	2.69 sq mi (6.96 km²)
Water Area:	1.05 sq mi (2.72 km²)
Total Population:	2,816
Population Density:	1,033.48/sq mi (399.10/km²)
ZIP code:	78597
Area code:	956
FIPS code:	4869140
GNISfeature ID:	1376223
Website:	myspi.org

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Geography

The town of South Padre Island is located at the southern end of South Padre Island, with the town limits extending from the northern edge of Isla Blanca Park in the south to the end of development north of Wharf Street in the north, a distance of 6 miles (10 km). The Queen Isabella Causeway is the only road access to the mainland; it leads 2.5 miles (4.0 km) across Laguna Madre to the city of Port Isabel. Brownsville is 25 miles (40 km) southwest of South Padre Island.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km), or 8.44%, is water.