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Place Name
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Nueces County
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Pronunciation
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NOO-ai-sis
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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CORPUS CHRISTI
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Population
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291,145 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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27°44'N
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Longitude
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97°31'W
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Nueces
(NOO-ai-sis), county (
1,166 sq mi/3,020 sq km; 1990 pop.
291,145), S Texas;  Corpus Christi; 27°44'N
97°31'W. Deepwater port, industrial, commercial center. On Gulf
plains; bounded E by Gulf of Mexico, N by Nueces R. and Nueces, and E
by Corpus Christi Bay; Laguna Madre separates Mustang and Padre Isls.
from mainland. A leading Texas oil and natural gas-producing co.; also
lime, sand, and gravel; diversified irrigated agr. (cotton, grain
sorghum, corn, wheat; some citrus); cattle. Resort beaches; fishing.
Oil refining, diversified mfg. (esp. chemicals) centered in city of
Corpus Christi, also processing of farm prods., seafood. Mustang Isl.
State Park on Gulf Coast in E; part of Laguna Largo, inland lake, in
SE; S fringe of King Ranch. Formed 1846.
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