In 1519, on the Roman Catholic
Feast Day of Corpus Christi, Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda discovered
a lush semi-tropical bay on what is now the southern coast of Texas.
The bay, and the city that later sprung up there, took the name of the feast day
celebrating the "Body of Christ."
Corpus Christi began as a frontier trading post, founded in 1838-39 by Colonel
Henry Lawrence Kinney.
The city's first ordinance, adopted Jan. 15, 1879, made it against the law to
let hogs and goats run loose.
In contrast, today, citizens and visitors can now easily access any one of five
libraries, or spend a fun and educational day at the Corpus Christi Museum of
Science and History. |
Another beautiful and popular
attraction has always been the bayfront marina, located a stone's throw from downtown
Corpus Christi.
Since its incorporation in 1852, the city has grown into a regional hub for marketing,
processing, packaging and distributing agricultural commodities for a 12-county
trade area and is now home to the largest city on the Texas Coast and is the sixth
largest port in the nation.
Key industries in Corpus Christi include petrochemical, tourism, health care,
retail, education, shipping, agriculture and the military.
ZIP code for Corpus Christi TX
78401, 78402, 78404, 78405, 78406, 78407, 78408, 78409, 78410, 78411, 78412, 78413,
78414, 78415, 78416, 78417, 78418. |
