Hi, my name is
Tina Sikes, the county coordinator for Kleberg County. I would like to welcome you to the
Kleberg County TXGenWeb Project. I 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..
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 to 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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WE NEED YOUR HELP!
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
Tina Sikes with your
information or
questions.
Helpful Genealogy Links
Kleberg County Site Map
Would you like to adopt an orphan TXGenWeb county?
Just contact the TXGenWeb
State Coordinator.
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