What is Corpus Christi, Texas?
{{Infobox settlement | image_flag = Flag of Corpus Christi, Texas.svg }} '''Corpus Christi''', [[Texas]] is a city in the [[United States]]. It is near the coast of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and is one of the fastest growing cities in America. Its [[economy]] is based around [[petroleum]] [[refinery|refining]] and [[tourism]]. The city was founded in [[1839]] as ''Kinney's Ranch'' and has been known as Corpus Christi since [[1847]]. [[Elsa Flores]], a famous [[biologist]] and [[chemist]], grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. == Notes == {{Aransas County, Texas}} {{Nueces County, Texas}} {{Texas}} {{USLargestCities}} {{Texas county seats}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Corpus Christi, Texas| ]] [[Category:1839 establishments in the Republic of Texas]] [[Category:County seats in Texas]] {{US-geo-stub}}