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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.
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / 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.
Henry Lawrence Kinney (June 3, 1814 – March 3, 1862) was an American politician, military officer, and later filibuster known for founding what became the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. Born in Pennsylvania, Kinney moved to Texas in 1838 and settled near present-day Brownsville. He served in both houses of the Texas Legislature. [1]
Bill Walraven, Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport (Woodland Hills, California, 1982) Eugenia Reynolds Briscoe, City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519–1875 (New York: Vantage, 1985) Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Corpus Christi". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
When Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, the area was stabilized by the presence of U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor. In 1845, the county was formed (San Patricio is Spanish for Saint Patrick, the primary patron saint of the colonists' home country of Ireland), and Corpus Christi was designated as
It soon grew into a major Texas port with a population of 277,454 at the time of the 2000 census. [6] In 1852, a settlement was finally established at the confluence of the Nueces River and Nueces Bay by Henry Kinney, who also founded Corpus Christi. The community was referred to as "the Motts" by German and English settlers for nearby tree ...
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).
History of Corpus Christi, Texas; Timeline of Corpus Christi, Texas; 0–9. 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm; F. 1919 Florida Keys hurricane; H ...