Kingsville, Texas

Kingsville, Texas
Downtown Kingsville
Downtown Kingsville
Kingsville is located in Texas
Kingsville
Kingsville
Location in the state of Texas
Kingsville is located in the United States
Kingsville
Kingsville
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 27°30′54″N 97°51′56″W / 27.51500°N 97.86556°W / 27.51500; -97.86556
Country United States
State Texas
CountyKleberg
SettledJuly 4, 1904 (120 years ago) (1904-07-04)
Incorporated1911 (113 years ago) (1911)
Named forRichard King
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • MayorSam Fugate
 • CommissionersHector Hinojosa
Norma Nelda Alvarez
Edna Lopez
Ann Marie Torres
 • ManagerMark McLaughlin
Area
 • City13.91 sq mi (36.02 km2)
 • Land13.88 sq mi (35.96 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
59 ft (18 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City25,402
 • Estimate 
(2022)[2]
24,833
 • Density1,769.40/sq mi (684.27/km2)
 • Metro
34,367
DemonymKingsvillian
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78363-78364
Area code361
FIPS code48-39352[3]
GNIS feature ID1374386[4]
Websitewww.cityofkingsville.com

Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi and Harlingen, Kingsville is the principal city of the Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The population was 25,402 at the 2020 census, and in 2022 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 24,833.[5]

Named in honor of Richard King, the city was founded to provide infrastructure for the adjacent King Ranch, as well as serve as the headquarters of the newly founded St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway. In 1904, the first tracks were laid and the first buildings constructed for the planned city. In 1911, the city was incorporated.[6] It is home to Texas A&M University-Kingsville, a member of the Texas A&M University System, and Naval Air Station Kingsville, one of the U.S. Navy's two locations for jet aviation training.

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau. June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Kingsville, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 4, 2018.