Bruni, Texas, Webb County. (original) (raw)
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
1940 Photo Courtesy Pablo Garcia
History in a Pecan ShellA 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
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