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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.
A panorama of Corpus Christi taken from Flour Bluff. Flour Bluff is a specified area of the city of Corpus Christi, Texas.It is located on Encinal peninsula bordered by Corpus Christi Bay on the north, Oso Bay on the west, the Laguna Madre on the east and the King Ranch to the south.
Port Lavaca-based Bauer-Smith Dredging Company started construction on the first bridge in February 1949; the project was funded by $1.7 million in public bonds. [1] [2] The 4.5 mile [2] long raised roadway structure opened on 17 June 1950 as a toll road [1] and was originally called the North Padre Island Causeway; on 26 November 1963, Nueces County officials renamed it after President ...
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).
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The third and current old county courthouse was fully completed by 1914, which costed more than $250,000. [3] In 1919, Robert Simpson, the inventor of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, survived the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane inside the old courthouse. Outside a 16–foot storm surge ravaged the rest of Corpus Christi. [4]
Nueces County has given a preliminary nod on joining the city of Corpus Christi to help financially support certain projects planned for a European-styled mixed-use development.
The statistical area consists of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Alice Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census , the CSA had a population of 501,500 (though a July 1, 2013 estimate placed the population at 516,793).