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Corpus Christi ( / ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for ' Body of Christ ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
Corpus Christi was founded in 1839 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney as Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch, a small trading post to sell supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped about 25 miles west, just three years after Texas declared independence from Mexico. The post was located in the disputed territory south of the Nueces River.
1829 - Traders are known to have landed on the coast on the Corpus Christi Bay. No civilization is apparent to traders. [2] 1836. Texas gains independence from Mexico. The Old Indian Trading Grounds become part of the Republic of Texas although the area was claimed by both Texas and Mexico. 1839 - Henry Kinney sets up trading post (also known ...
Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas. Coordinates: 27.856°N 97.623°W. Calallen ( / kælˈælɪn / kal-AL-in) is a former town that existed until the 1960s. Today, Calallen is an outlying portion of the larger city of Corpus Christi. It is located in Nueces County, in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. It is bound to the north by the Nueces River ...
The St. Patrick's buildings were rebuilt and became Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church. Corpus Christi Cathedral measures 176 feet (54 m) in length and 90 feet (27 m) in width. [1] The south tower is 125 feet (38 m) to the top of the dome and 133 feet (41 m) to the top of the cross. [1] The north tower is the shorter of the two towers and it ...
The Port of Corpus Christi is the largest port in the United States in total revenue tonnage, [2] third largest in total waterway tonnage, and the largest crude oil export gateway in the nation. [3] The Port of Corpus Christi is located on Corpus Christi Bay in the western Gulf of Mexico, with a 36-mile channel that is being widened and ...
Art Museum of South Texas as viewed from Corpus Christi Bay in October 2018. Established. 1936. Location. 1902 N Shoreline. Corpus Christi, TX 78401 United States. Coordinates. 27°48′37″N 97°23′35″W / . 27.8104°N 97.3930°W.
The Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in South Texas that covers three counties–Aransas, Nueces, and San Patricio. As of the 2000 census , the MSA had a population of 413,280 (though a July 1, 2013 estimate placed the population at 442,600).