2012 Land Report 100: Jones Family

No. 32 Jones Family

255,000 acres

The family’s holdings include the Alta Vista Ranch, Alta Colorado Ranch, and Borregos Ranch. A fourth-generation descendent of patriarch William Whitby Jones, A.C. Jones IV manages the family’s land, most of which is located near Corpus Christi, Texas.

 

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