Gardendale was a community in eastern Nueces County that was annexed by the City of Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...

 in 1954.

History

Gardendale was at a site near the western edge of present Corpus Christi in eastern Nueces County. It was established in the early 1900s and bounded roughly by South Alameda Street and the Texas Mexican Railway

Texas Mexican Railway

The Texas Mexican Railway is a class 1 railroad that operates as a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern Railway in Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex-Mex, or TexMex Railway....

. At one time a school and several stores operated there.