Kleberg County
TXGenWeb


Hi, my name is Alicia Littlejohn and I would like to welcome you to the Kleberg County TXGenWeb Project. I'm very glad you stopped by and hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research. I'm always in the need of help in getting data on-line. If you'd be interested in helping, please let me know. I may not be able to help with specific research questions, but should you have any questions or comments regarding the Kleberg County Genealogy Project, please e-mail me.



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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Helpful Genealogy Links

Kleberg County Site Map

TXGenWeb County Index Texas USGenWeb Archives
Social Security Death Index TEXAS Info - Coming Soon
Tombstone Project Ancestry Charts & Forms
Find the State a SSN was issued in. Soundex Converter
OpenLibrary.org ~ a great source for online books including scanned census records . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Black Sheep Ancestors ~ a great source for prison, insane asylum and even Pirate records . EllisIsland.org ~ Ellis Island and New York Port Authority Records.

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