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The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to produce oil.
King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2; 1,289 sq mi) [3] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg. [4] It is mainly a cattle ranch, but also produced the racehorse Assault, who won the Triple Crown in 1946.
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
Number of US farms falls and size increases, census shows ... The average farm size rose from 441 acres (178 hectares) in 2017 to 463 acres (187 hectares) in 2022. ... which is concentrated among ...
Although four million farms disappeared in the United States between 1948 and 2015, total output from the farms that remained more than doubled. The number of farms with more than 2,000 acres (810 ha) almost doubled between 1987 and 2012, while the number of farms with 200 acres (81 ha) to 999 acres (404 ha) fell over the same period by 44%.
The 2020 Land Report 100 broke the story of Bill Gates's ownership of 242,000 acres of farmland, an amount that ranked first in the United States among private landowners. Overall, Gates ranked No. 49 on the 2020 Land Report 100.
After the Civil War, freedmen (freed slaves) were reckoned to be self-sufficient with "40 acres and a mule." In the 20th century real estate developers preferred working with 40-acre (16 ha) parcels. [2] The phrases "front 40" and "back 40," referring to farm fields, indicate the front and back quarter-quarter sections of land.
LawnStarter ranked the campuses of four-year colleges and universities in the U.S., based on acreage provided on school websites and 2022-2023 enrollment figures.