# Mo Ranch

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**Mo Ranch** is a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) [conference center](/source/Conference_center) for [summer camps](/source/Summer_camps), [retreats](/source/Retreats), [family reunions](/source/Family_reunions) that is located in [unincorporated](/source/Unincorporated_area) [Kerr County, Texas](/source/Kerr_County,_Texas). It is in a west-central area in the county, 10 miles (16 km) west of [Hunt, Texas](/source/Hunt,_Texas),[1] in the [Hill Country](/source/Hill_Country) at the North Fork of the [Guadalupe River](/source/Guadalupe_River_(Texas)).[2]

## History

The Ranch is named for Daniel J. Moran, who was chairman of [Continental Oil Company](/source/Continental_Oil_Company) (later to become [Conoco, Inc.](/source/Conoco,_Inc.)). He owned the 6,871-acre (27.81-square kilometre) ranch from 1935 until his death in 1948. Presbyterians purchased the ranch in 1949, the year after his death,[1] for $562,500. Mrs. Moran then gave a gift back to the church of $50,000. Eventually the State of [Texas](/source/Texas) bought 6,500 acres (26 km2) of the ranch from the Presbyterians, and later expanded that portion with additional purchase of adjacent land.[3] That land is now the Kerr County Wildlife Management Area, administered by [Texas Parks & Wildlife](/source/Texas_Parks_%26_Wildlife). Now the entire Mo-Ranch covers 500 acres (2.0 km2).[citation needed]

By 2019 the Mo Ranch camp organization began doing off-site camping programs in the [Rio Grande Valley](/source/Rio_Grande_Valley_(Texas)) region; historically many residents there chose not to travel to Kerr County for the camp as some members of families lacked immigration visas and therefore could be detained at in-country immigration checkpoints set up in the region.[4] Mo Ranch was hit by [significant flooding](/source/July_2025_Central_Texas_floods) along the Guadalupe River in July 2025, alongside many other camps along the river; no deaths were reported from the camp.[5]

## References

1. ["Mo-Ranch"](https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/apm08). *[Handbook of Texas](/source/Handbook_of_Texas)*. [Texas State Historical Association](/source/Texas_State_Historical_Association). Retrieved 2019-08-28.

1. Fernandez, Manny (2019-08-17). ["A Summer Camp on the Border, Where the Border Crisis Feels Far Away"](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/us/summer-camp-migrants-border.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2023-04-01.

1. ["Inside Mo-Ranch: An Enchanting History of a Gorgeous Texas Vacation Spot"](https://texashillcountry.com/mo-ranch-enchanting-history-gorgeous-texas-vacation-spot/). *Texas Hill Country*. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2023-04-01.

1. Tritenbach, David (2019-06-06). ["The story of a Mo-Ranch miracle"](https://dailytimes.com/lifestyles/article_2d4b6648-88dd-11e9-bc00-efbd709faba2.html). *[Kerrville Daily Times](/source/Kerrville_Daily_Times)*

1. ["Mo-Ranch Camp in Hunt with 'several hundred campers' safe amid Kerr County flooding"](https://www.kens5.com/video/weather/mo-ranch-camp-in-hunt-with-several-hundred-campers-safe-amid-kerr-county-flooding/273-6bc201c0-a599-4767-8814-c6beb46e4739). *kens5.com*. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-07-06.

## External links

- [Mo Ranch HomePage](https://www.moranch.org)

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