Kingsville, Texas was founded in 1904 when a railroad ran through the city, but the history of the region goes back far enough. Oil exploration began shortly after the city was founded, and the first oil wells were discovered nearby in the 1920s. Natural gas was also found on farms southeast of the city and a pipeline was laid through Kingsville to supply gas to residents and businesses.

The railroad was the main source of income for Kingsville, and the establishment of the railroad headquarters in Kingsville brought new residents. In the last half of 1906, it was home to Texas Central Railroad, the largest railroad company in the United States.

In 1912, the population was 4,000, and in 1930 it rose to 7,500, of which 524 were African-Americans and 2,000 were Mexicans. In 1985, Kingsville had a population of 29,949, but by 1990 that number had dropped to 25,276.

In 2018, per capita income in Kingsville was $20,417, lower than the median income in Texas and the nation. The citizens of Kingsville are educated and more educated than the general population of Texas, with 23.89% of all adults in Kingville having either a bachelor's degree or higher education.

The university is a member of the Texas A & M University System (TAMUK) and offers a wide range of bachelor and master's degrees. In addition, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Texas State University (TSSU) are located on the TAMuk campus.

There are two high schools serving students from Kingsville: Henrietta M. King High School, which is operated by KISD, and Academy High School, which is operated by SG ISD. Many Kingsville-based students attend private and charter schools in the Consolidated Independent School District. Private schools include private schools in the city, as well as private colleges and universities in San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin.

Texas A & M University of Kingsville is located in the northwest of the city and there are several private colleges and universities in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin and Austin, Texas. The Naval Air Station Kings County, the third largest military base in the country, is also located on the east side of Highway 77, which cuts through the city from north to south.

In addition to King Ranch, Kingsville attractions include Texas A & M University, University of Texas at San Antonio and the Royal Texas Museum of Natural History. The ranch, museum and leather shop are integral parts of the community and their name, "King Ranch," is becoming an integral part of the community.

As a nationally recognized historic site, this means that the ranch has a rich historical treasure. King Ranch is larger than the state of Rhode Island and has been mentioned in several fiction works that have a kind of mythological presence in Texas history.

With the help of a whole village of people from Mexico, Captain King and his family fought the invading Indians, cleared and fenced the land, made the area safe for settlers, and camped out on the ranch for the rest of their lives.

The desire for a railroad in the region fueled further growth, with the desire to connect the communities of the Rio Grande Valley with the rest of Texas, while King Ranch served as an operations base for the US Navy's Pacific Fleet. Henrietta King has put a large portion of King's Ranch up for sale, half of which went to a construction company to get them to build a line. With the arrival of a new generation of US Air Force pilots, increased pilot training and the need for an air base, the Navy chose Kingsville as one of several other communities. Surveyors were hired to design the city property, and in 1864 a surveyor was hired to lay out a towel for King and his family, his wife and children.

Today, an estimated one in seven residents of Kingsville and the surrounding area is connected to the base in some way. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Kings County, accounting for 74.51% of all city residents, although they can be of any race. People calling Kingsville at home describe themselves as members of a variety of ethnic and racial groups.

In 1913, King Ranch first built a house for railway families, and in 1913 a two-room schoolhouse was built, called the Frederick Douglas School. It burned down in 1926, was rebuilt and rebuilt in 1929 as a primary school for the children of railway workers and their families.

The college expanded its educational field in 1929, when its name was changed to Texas College of Arts and Industries. The growth of the community was largely due to the increase in the number of students and the growth of the community as a whole. As the population grew, the number of inhabitants rose from 16,857 in 1950 to 28,711 in 1970, with a population growth rate of 1.5% per year.