Question: What town in Texas was once home to the “world’s richest acre”?
Answer: Kilgore. In the 1930s, over 1,000 oil wells were drilled in a 1.2-acre tract in the East Texas community, making it the largest concentration of oil wells in the world. The field produced 2.5 million barrels of oil during its 10-year run. Today, some three dozen derricks and a restored pumpjack in a downtown park are a monument to the town’s oil boom.
