Corpus Christi, Texas

 city, county seat

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in and the county seat of Nueces County, Texas, United States. The city also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census, making it the the eighth most populous city in Texas.

The city was founded in 1839 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney as Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. The small trading post principally sold supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped nearby to the west. In July 1845, U.S. troops commanded by General Zachary Taylor set up camp there in preparation for war with Mexico, where they remained until March 1846. About a year later, the community was re-named Corpus Christi, Latin for "Body of Christ." Corpus Christi was incorporated in 1852.

The Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926 and is currently the fifth largest port in the United States. Corpus Christi Naval Air Station was commissioned in 1941.

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See the TSHA Handbook of Texas Online for more historical information:
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdc03

For detailed demographic information:
www.city-data.com/city/Corpus-Christi-Texas.html