In 1927, Humble Oil built a tank farm at Harbor City or Port Ingleside, and announced plans for a refinery in Ingleside. Construction boomed with the building of a housing complex, complete with paved streets and its own sewer for Humble employees. Ingleside experienced a period of growth and prosperity, the population grew to 1,125, and during this period, two local newspapers, the "Review" and the "Index", began publication. Ingleside's prosperity was short-lived, though; in 1944-1945, a labor dispute resulted in Humble closing the plant and putting it up for salvage sale. Brauer Corporation opened an aluminum fabrication plant in 1948, and Reynolds Metal followed suit in 1950, opening a plant only 5 miles away. DuPont followed, and a local plant was built in 1973. Ingleside developed primarily as a residential area, and was incorporated in 1951.