Corpus Christi incorporated on September 9, 1852. Corpus Christi 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. It is 130 miles southeast of San Antonio.
The city’s name, Corpus Christi, means “Body of Christ” in Ecclesiastical Latin, in reference to the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion. The name was given to the settlement and surrounding bay by Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519.
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.
Corpus Christi is known as the “Bird Capital” of North America. Consequently, the San Diego Audubon Society has designated Corpus Christi as “America’s birdiest place”.