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Sponsored Topics. South Padre Island is a town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the BrownsvilleâHarlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,816 at the 2010 census. The town is located on South Padre Island, a barrier island along the Texas Gulf Coast accessible via a causeway from the town of Port Isabel. South Padre Island is named after JosÃ© NicolÃ¡s BallÃ­ (Padre BallÃ­), a Catholic priest and settler.