Bruni, Texas

Bruni is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bruni had a population of 251.

It is one of several colonias in the county.

History

thumb|left|[[U.S. Post Office on Texas State Highway 359 in Bruni]]

Bruni was named after Antonio Mateo Bruni [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbrbf], a local Italian immigrant who owned a ranch and a general store. In 1937, Canadian aviators seeking to be the first to fly from Hudson Bay to Tierra Del Fuego crash-landed safely in Bruni. The population peaked at 800 in 1939 with the discovery of the South Bruni oilfield.

The town is within the boundary of Webb Consolidated Independent School District and it is home to the Bruni High School and Bruni Middle School.

Geography

Bruni is located at (27.428328, -98.838098).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

Demographics

Bruni first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.

!Pop 2010

!% 2000

!% 2010

|White alone (NH)

|42

|38

|style='background: #ffffe6; |17

|10.19%

|10.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.77%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.73%

|0.00%