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Padre Island
Padre Island
is the largest of the
Texas barrier islands
and is the world's longest
barrier island
. It is part of the
U.S. state
of
Texas
. The island is located along Texas' southern coast of the
Gulf of Mexico
and is noted for its white
sandy
beaches
at the south end. Meaning
father
in
Spanish
, it was named after Father
José Nicolás Ballí
(c.1770-1829), who owned the island and served as a missionary priest and collector of finances for all the churches in the
Rio Grande Valley
. He also founded the first
mission
in present-day
Cameron County
.
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