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.
Not only is it one of the worldâs largest ranches, South Texas's King Ranch is one of the most diverse, with businesses including cattle, horses (including 1946 Triple Crown winner Assault), citrus, cotton, grain, sugar cane, turf grass, and an eponymous Ford pickup truck.