City Council Meetings
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12/12
Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee
December 12th, 5:30pm
12/13
Animal Care Advisory Committee
December 13th, 12:30pm
12/13
Animal Care Advisory Committee
December 13th, 12:30pm
12/13
Development Services Open House
December 13th, 5:00pm
- Weekly Road Closures December 1 - 7
- Public Invited to Speak Up at Development Services Open House
- Fechas para los Lugares de Votación por Anticipado y dia de Elección para Desempate
- Early & Election Day Voting Locations, Dates & Times
- Pláticas Musicales remembers Jose Alfredo Jimenez
- Bond 2012 North Beach Improvement Projects Public Meeting
- ‘Tis the Season for Musical Holiday Cheer!
- Weekly Road Closures November 24 - 30
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."