History of Corpus Christi, Texas - wikipedia History of Corpus Christi, Texas This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2015 ) Map of Corpus Christi in 1887 Historical population Census Pop. % ± 1860 175 -- 1870 2,140 1,122.9 % 1880 3,257 52.2 % 1890 4,387 34.7 % 1900 4,703 7.2 % 1910 8,222 74.8 % 1920 10,522 28.0 % 1930 27,741 163.6 % 1940 57,301 106.6 % 1950 108,287 89.0 % 1960 167,690 54.9 % 1970 204,525 22.0 % 1980 231,999 13.4 % 1990 257,453 11.0 % 2000 277,454 7.8 % 307,953 11.0 % Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census ; in 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city 's population at 285,175, making it the eighth - largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the three - county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi - Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city 's name is Body of Christ, given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament ( Eucharist ). The city has been nicknamed The Sparkling City by the Sea, or `` Corpitos '' particularly in literature promoting tourism. Before Corpus Christi was known as Kinney 's Rancho or Kinney 's Ranch it was on a site known as the Old Indian Trading Grounds where traders smuggled contraband goods to sell and trade in Mexico as early as 1829. Contents 1 Texas Revolution and Mexican - American War 2 Civil War 3 Port of Corpus Christi 4 Natural disasters 4.1 Hurricanes 5 Timeline 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading Texas revolution and Mexican - american War 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 but the post was located in the disputed territory south of the Nueces River. In July 1845, U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor set up camp there in preparation for war with Mexico, where they remained until March 1846, when they marched south to the Rio Grande to enforce it as the southern border of the United States. Civil War On February 23, 1861, in a statewide vote on secession, the vote in Corpus Christi was 87 for secession and 40 against, which brought the total vote in Nueces County to 164 for and 42 against. There were many Union sympathizers in the city. Some originally came from the North and some were veterans of the Mexican War. In the second week of August 1862, five Union warships under the command of Lt. J.W. Kittredge sailed into Corpus Christi Bay and bombarded the city. Stores and houses below the bluff made easy targets for Kittredge 's guns. The bombardment did considerable damage to the town. Many of the residents had evacuated before the battle. After it was over, people began to return to town. The Confederates, provoked by the attack, then began to take revenge by plundering the homes and property of known Union supporters. Port of Corpus Christi The port of Corpus Christi opened in 1925 after culminating efforts that began as early as 1848 to obtain a deep - water port. The Port of Corpus Christi currently is the sixth largest U.S. port and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico, it handles mostly oil and agricultural products. In 2005 it was ranked as the 47th largest in the world by cargo tonnage. Natural disasters Hurricanes Corpus Christi has been affected by many hurricanes and tropical storms. 1916 Texas hurricane 1919 Florida Keys hurricane Hurricane Carla ( 1961 ) Hurricane Beulah ( 1967 ) Hurricane Celia ( 1970 ) Tropical Storm Amelia ( 1978 ) Hurricane Bret ( 1999 ) Hurricane Harvey ( 2017 ) Timeline Main article : Timeline of Corpus Christi, Texas See also Timelines of other cities in the South Texas area of Texas : Brownsville, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio References Jump up ^ `` Find a County ''. National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Givens, Murphey. `` City Built on Old Trading Grounds '' Caller - Times. November 25, 2009. Web. January 16, 2015. ^ Jump up to : ( 3 ) Archived March 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` City of Corpus Christi ''. Cctexas.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Town bitterly divided during the Civil War ''. Caller.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015. Further reading See also : Timeline of Corpus Christi, Texas § Bibliography `` Corpus Christi ''. Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit : R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 -- via Internet Archive. Lessoff, Alan. Where Texas Meets the Sea : Corpus Christi and Its History ( University of Texas Press, 2015 ) 360 pp. History of Texas By period French Texas Spanish Texas Mexican Texas Republic of Texas Texas annexation Civil War era Reconstruction State of Texas By topic Annexation Border disputes Forests Indian Wars Jewish history Oil boom Revolution Slavery Texas Rangers Vice By city Amarillo Austin Brownsville Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Galveston Houston Laredo Lubbock San Antonio Timelines of cities in Texas Government agency Foreign relations of the Republic of Texas Congress of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas Texas Historical Commission State of Texas Austin ( capital ) Topics Architecture Climate Cuisine Geography Government Healthcare History Languages Law Literature Media Newspapers Radio TV National Historic Landmarks Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Sites Sports Symbols Texans Tourist attractions Transportation Society Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Gambling Politics Regions Ark ‐ La ‐ Tex Big Bend Blackland Prairies Brazos Valley Central Texas Coastal Bend Concho Valley Cross Timbers Deep East Texas East Texas Edwards Plateau Golden Triangle Hill Country Llano Estacado Northeast Texas North Texas Osage Plains Panhandle Permian Basin Piney Woods Rio Grande Valley Southeast Texas South Plains South Texas Texoma Trans - Pecos West Texas Metropolitan areas Abilene Amarillo Austin -- Round Rock Beaumont -- Port Arthur Brownsville -- Harlingen College Station -- Bryan Corpus Christi Dallas -- Fort Worth -- Arlington El Paso Houston -- The Woodlands -- Sugar Land Killeen -- Temple Laredo Longview Lubbock McAllen -- Edinburg -- Mission Midland Odessa San Angelo San Antonio -- New Braunfels Sherman -- Denison Texarkana Tyler Victoria Waco Wichita Falls Counties See : List of counties in Texas Years in Texas ( 1845 -- present ) Pre-1845 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1990 1991 2017 2018 2019 2020 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Corpus_Christi,_Texas&oldid=798531502 '' Categories : History of Corpus Christi, Texas Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Use mdy dates from May 2015 Articles needing additional references from May 2015 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Languages Deutsch Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 2 September 2017, at 12 : 01. 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Question: how long has it been since a hurricane hit corpus christi
Answer: Hurricane Bret (1999)