Outside the Heartland · operation or company
King Ranch
the Texas ranch in the Florida land
- Founded
- 1853
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- Houston and Kingsville, Texas
- District
- Outside Florida
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating; its Florida arms run the largest juice orange operation in the United States, as the company reports, and a 20,000 acre EAA farm.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.127 (rank 11 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.002 (rank 73) · outside share 0.67
- Confidence
- High · sources: [WKR] [KRT] [KRC] [KRF] [KRCH] (register)
Captain Richard King founds the ranch in 1853; the modern company enters Florida citrus through Running W in 1993, forms Consolidated Citrus in 1998 and farms the EAA from 1961 [WKR][KRT][KRC][KRF].
Connections
Location and lineage
- foundedConsolidated Citrus LPmerges Running W with Collier Enterprises interests1998
- grew intoKing Ranch Florida farmingthe EAA farm established with 42,000 acres1961 to present
Collaboration
- collaborationCoca-Cola and Minute MaidRunning W Citrus manages 16,000 acres of Minute Maid groves1993