Port Mansfield started out as a small fishing village on Red Fish Bay, twenty-seven miles east of Raymondville. Charlie Johnson, an area developer, started promoting Red Fish Bay by building very substantial wharves into the bay. In 1948, a navigation district was created to take advantage of the Laguna Madre Bay.
What was Mansfield Texas named after?
Hook, and land from William M. Simpson, Man and Feild built the first three storied, brick, steam-powered mill in the state. The mill opened for business in 1860 at the corner of Water and Broad Streets. The town that grew around the mill became known as Mansfield, taking its name from the two men that built the mill
