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.
Duroc Ranch. The Duroc Ranch consists of 943.17 acres of land in Coryell County approximately five miles from Evant, Texas. This property is unique in that it has more creeks and branches than any other in this area. Langford Branch runs through the middle of the property emptying into the Cowhouse Creek.