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King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2 ; 1,289 sq mi) [ 3 ] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg . [ 4 ]
King Ranch (Tully River Station) was a major cattle fattening ranch established in 1963 in the Wet Tropics of Queensland. It was developed by Bob Kleberg , a descendant of the King family of Texas , USA.
Kenedy Ranch, also called La Parra Ranch, [1] is located in Kenedy County, It was established in 1882 by Mifflin Kenedy , a steamboat operator and rancher. [ 2 ] His friend and business partner, Richard King , established the adjoining King Ranch . [ 1 ]
Richard King (July 10, 1824 – April 14, 1885) was a riverboat captain, Confederate, entrepreneur, and most notably, the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2).
The main section of the ranch is located near the town of Guthrie in King County, Texas. [1] [2] It spans 350,000 acres (550 sq mi; 140,000 ha) of land. [3]The main ranch house is off U.S. Highway 82. [4]
The lagoon's ecosystem is protected by the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge and the Padre Island National Seashore, as well as the privately owned King Ranch. The human history predates the formation of the Laguna Madre, and settlements have been established at Port Isabel and Port Mansfield on the lagoon's shores.
King Ranch Colony is a Hutterite community [3] and census-designated place (CDP) in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is in the western part of the county, 3 miles (5 km) northwest of U.S. Routes 87/191 and 11 miles (18 km) west of Lewistown, the county seat. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2]
The King Ranch heirs own ranches in southern Texas that spread across over 900,000 acres. The ranch spawned from land was originally purchased by Captain Richard King in 1853 and subsequently ...