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Padre Island is the longest barrier island in the world and it is located in the United States. It is located in parts of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, and Willacy counties in Texas. The island has been separated into two sections since 1964 that are referred to as North Padre Island and South Padre Island. The island is 130 miles long and stretches between the cities of Corpus Christi, Texas to Port Isabel, Texas (Padre Island 2006). Padre Island is also home to the Padre Island National Seashore, which was established in 1970 and is over 70 miles long. The island is sparsely populated with the most heavily populated towns, South Padre Island and Port Isabel, located on the southern portion of the island.
The forming of Padre Island started around 4500 years ago as it started as a submerged sand bar (Padre Island 2006). In terms of geology, the island itself is very young because it was formed in the last several thousand years. In the 2006 article titled, Padre Island, it......

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