City Council Meetings
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04/20
Radio System Advisory Committee
April 20th, 10:30am
04/24
Reinvestment Zone No. 3
April 24th, 9:30am
- 2018 Vessel Turn-In Program
- City Announced Start of 2018 Vessel Turn-In Program
- Mayor's 4th of July Coastal Bend Essay Contest
- Local Government Channel to Rebroadcast Mayor’s State of the City Speech
- You’re Invited to the Grand Opening of The Water’s Edge
- Se Solicitan Vendedores del Area de la Costa para la Expo Storm del 2018
- Weekly Road Closures April 14-20
- Coastal Bend Vendors Wanted for 2018 Storm Expo
How did Corpus Christi Texas get its name?
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."