Port Aransas
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city in Nueces County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Nueces
- Total
- 14.07 sq mi (36.44 km )
- Land
- 8.94 sq mi (23.16 km )
- Water
- 5.13 sq mi (13.28 km )
- Elevation
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Density
- 477.0/sq mi (184.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-58808
- Website
- http://www.cityofportaransas.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Port Aransas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nueces County
- Population
- 3480
- Area
- 31338856
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- www.cityofportaransas.org
- Image
- Port Aransas, Texas.jpg
- Households
- 1982
- Dialing code
- 361
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- Commons category
- Port Aransas
- postal code
- 78373
- per capita income
- 42303
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Aransas (/əˈrænzəs/ ə-RAN-zəs) is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. This city is 180 miles southeast of San Antonio. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 census. Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island. It is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along the Texas coast. Corpus Christi Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lydia Ann Ship Channel, and the Corpus Christi Ship Channel make up the surrounding waters.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Aransas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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