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Bruni is a census-designated place on State Highway 359 in Webb County, Texas, about fifty miles southeast of Laredo.

The Bruni site was probably occupied by Mexican settlers as early as 1860, and the town was named for Antonio Mateo Bruni, an Italian immigrant who arrived in the area around 1877 and owned a ranch and a general store.

Bruni became a station on the Texas-Mexican Railway about 1881, and a post office began serving the community in 1900.

In 1937, Canadian aviators attempting to be the first to fly from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego crash-landed safely in Bruni.

The discovery of the South Bruni oilfield pushed Bruni's population to a peak of about 800 in 1939, with some thirty businesses in town.

As of the 2020 census, Bruni had a population of 251, and it is counted among the colonias of Webb County.

Bruni is home to Bruni High School and Bruni Middle School, both part of the Webb Consolidated Independent School District, based in this tiny community.

Bruni gained unwelcome national attention in the 2010s when tests found arsenic in its drinking water at an average of about 79.6 parts per billion — nearly eight times the federal limit and the worst rate reported in Texas at the time.

Households in Bruni average about 3.5 people, noticeably larger than the Texas average of 2.7.