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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Kleberg County
TXGenWeb Project needs your records.
Please submit anything which maybe of value to other researchers:
Bible records, marriage
records, wills, pension records, land records,
death and obituary
records, photos, and old letters.
Any county, community, church, and school histories are also welcomed.
Your
help in helping other researchers is vital to
the success of the TXGenWeb Project.
Just contact
me with your
information or
questions.
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