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Welcome to Port Aransas
The Best Kept Secret in Texas
The first known human occupants of the island were the Karankawa Indians. Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca was probably the first European to meet the Karankawas in 1528.
The island was first called Wild Horse Island, and then Mustang Island because of the wild horses called “mestenos” brought to the island by the Spaniards in the 1800’s.
As the still natural pass attracted more and more commerce and updated charts were needed, there appeared an 1833 map which noted the location of what would become Port Aransas, but was then called Sand Point. The pass was given the name Aranzazu, which later became Aransas.
Citizens began calling their town Port Aransas about 1910. Today, Port Aransas has 3,480 residents (2010 Census)
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