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History of
Kleberg County
The history of what is now
known as Kleberg County, is synonymous with that
of the King Ranch. Sometime early in 1904, the
shrewd owner of the King Ranch, Henrietta King,
opened a large tract of her land for sale. She
employed a surveyor, Anton Felix H. von Blücher,
to lay out a town, Kingsville, three miles in a
pasture three miles east of the ranch
headquarters. The first new owners began to arrive
later that same year. Some came looking for farm
lands, some came to work on the railroad. By 1912
there were approximately 4,000 people living in
Kingsville. By 1950, the population grew to more
than 16,000 and Kleberg County was strong enough
to survive the closing of the railroad due to its
diversity in other areas of economic growth.
Read more about the history of Kleberg County
HERE.
There is also some good information regarding
the history of Kleberg County on the Texas State
Historical Association's web site. You can visit
it
here.
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