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Corpus Christi is the county seat of Nueces County and means Body of Christ in Latin.

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Karankawans inhabited the Corpus Christi region in pre-Columbian times.

Spaniard Alonso Alvarez de Pineda traveled in 1519 to this bay on the day of the religious “Feast of Corpus Christi,” thus naming the semi-tropical bay Corpus Christi.

In 1839, the first known permanent settlement of Corpus Christi was established by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney and William P. Aubrey as Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. It was a small trading post that sold supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped about 25 mi (40 km) 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 settlement was named Corpus Christi and was incorporated on September 9, 1852.

The Battle of Corpus Christi was fought between August 12 and August 18, 1862, during the American Civil War. United States Navy forces blockading Texas fought a small land and sea engagement with Confederate forces in and around Corpus Christi Bay and bombarded the city. Union forces defeated Confederate States Navy ships operating in the area, but were repulsed when they landed on the coast.

The Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926, and the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station was commissioned in 1941.

A 1919 hurricane devastated the city, killing hundreds on September 14. Only three structures survived the storm on North Beach. The city also suffered damage from Hurricane Celia in 1970 and Hurricane Allen in 1980.

In November 1873, seven Mexican shepherds were lynched by a mob near the city. The crime was never solved. In February 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was founded in Corpus Christi. This organization was created to battle racial discrimination against Hispanic people in the United States. Since its founding, LULAC has grown and now has a national headquarters in Washington, DC. In March 1949, the American GI Forum (AGIF) was founded in Corpus Christi. Currently, AGIF focuses on veteran's issues, education, and civil-rights issues.

Neighborhoods

• Annaville
• Bayside
• Calallen
• Clarkwood
• Flour Bluff
• Gardendale
• Mustang Island
• North Beach
• North Padre Island
• South Side

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Texas

Links

Wikipedia

Battle of Corpus Christi

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi

USS Lexington Ship & Museum

Texas State Aquarium

Pearl Harbor (film, 2001)

King Ranch