BRUNI, TEXAS

Webb County, South Texas

27°25'42"N 98°50'17"W (27.428328, -98.838098)

Highway 359
50 miles SE of Laredo the county seat
Zip Code 78371
Area code +1-361
Population: 379 (2010) 412 (2000) 698 (1990)

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Bruni Pharmacy Drugs, soda fountain, Texas 1940

Bruni Pharmacy
1940 Photo Courtesy Pablo Garcia

History in a Pecan Shell

A timeline of significant events (mostly population figures) in Bruni's history:
1860: The site was settled - no record available on what the settlement was called at first
1877: Antonio Bruni, the town's namesake arrived
1881: Bruni became a station on the Texas-Mexican Railway
1900: The Bruni post office was granted
1914: The community had a population of sixty with a general store
1939: the discovery of oil increased the population to 800
1943: The population declined to 350
1964: The population by this time had declined to 275
1972: The population was 214 and stayed at that number until 1984

Bruni highway sign
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010
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Sacred Heart Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010
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Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Mural
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Tire shop
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Store ruins
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Boll burner
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, October 2010

1920s map showing Bruni in SE Webb County
near Duval & Jim Wells County lines
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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South Texas

Bruni, Texas Nearby Towns:
Laredo the county seat
Oilton
Mirando City
Hebbronville
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