Kingsville, Texas
Kingsville is a city in Kleberg County on the South Texas coastal plain, about 34 miles southwest of Corpus Christi in the Coastal Bend region. It is best known as the headquarters town of the King Ranch, one of the largest ranches in Texas, and it is home to Texas A&M University-Kingsville and to Naval Air Station Kingsville. The surrounding country is flat brushland and rangeland typical of the ranching landscape of South Texas.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 24,687
- Change from 2020 base
- -2.5%
- Land area
- 13.9 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Kleberg County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Kleberg County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
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County context
What to know around Kingsville
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Kingsville.
Local History
The King Ranch Shaped Kleberg County
The King Ranch, founded in 1853 on a Spanish land grant, drove the settlement and growth of nearly everything in Kleberg County.
Property Tax
Who Handles Property Tax in Kleberg County
Two separate offices handle property tax in Kleberg County. One sets the value, the other collects the bill.
Campus history
Ten Thousand Texans Came Before Kingsville's College Even Opened
An estimated 10,000 people came to Manning Hall's cornerstone ceremony, then 276 students arrived for Kingsville's first college classes.
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