Location

The farmland is three contiguous parcels along the north side of Farm Road 70, being 8 miles south, southwest of Corpus Christi and approximately 16 miles northeast of Kingsville, in southeastern Nueces County.

Topography, Rangeland & Habitat

Soils:  The farms are good, level productive dry land farmland with an elevation of 30 feet or more above sea level. The soil types are mostly VcA, with Vt, Ba, Of, and CaA soils.

Development: Depending on restrictions, the land has just over 3 miles of asphalt paved road frontage along the north side of Farm to Market Road 70. The property has easy access to the Crosstown Freeway extension and is located in the fastest growing school district in the Coastal Bend.

Minerals

The sale is surface only, no minerals to convey. The farmland is currently lease for 2022 crops and there is a wind lease in place with 8 wind turbines currently on the property.

Area History

In 1919, The King Ranch sold off over 34,000 acres to Mr. Phillip Chapman. Chapman was already a landholder in Oklahoma and East Texas. His son J.O. Chapman managed “Nueces Farms” as the tract was then called.

After dividing the land into 160 acre parcels, the land was leased to tenant farmers. In 1924 Nueces Farms became Chapman Ranch.

With 20,000 acres in cultivation, the Ranch was billed as the world’s largest mechanized farm. Experiments were conducted with both crops and machinery. Implements were introduced for improved cotton production and even a specific strain cotton was developed on the ranch.