Nueces County
Created April 18, 1846, Organized July 13, 1846 Named for the river which, in 1689, Alonso de Leon called the Nueces because of the many Pecan trees on its banks. Corpus Christi county seat
27.8119° N, 97.3957° W
Where to Find It
under high bridge at north end of Water street, Corpus Christi
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi W Corpus Christi and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Corpus Christi
- <0.1 mi SW Early History of Port of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi
- 0.2 mi S Corpus Christi Longshoremen's Unions Corpus Christi
- 0.3 mi S Julius Lichtenstein House Corpus Christi
- 0.3 mi S Sidbury House Corpus Christi
- 0.4 mi S Simon Gugenheim House Corpus Christi