Latest news from Orrum, NC collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: English (12.2%), French (7.3%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), Scottish (2.4%), United States (2.4%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Elevation: 205 feet. Land area: 0.56 square miles.
At the time of his death, in 1885, founder Richard King owned half a million acres and was the wealthiest man in Texas. His grandson Robert J. Kleberg Jr. built the business into a 15-million-acre global empire, with ranches spread from Argentina to Australia.
Acres: 450 +/- Acres Location: Located approximately 21 miles SW of Hondo, Texas and approximately 7 miles SW of Yancey, Texas. The ranch is four miles off of FM 2200 on paved County Road 731 and has 775 ft. of frontage on CR 731. Most of the ranch lies in Medina county with a small portion being in Frio county.