Editing Kleberg County, Texas (section)

==History==
The county was organized in 1913<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 959.</ref> and was named for [[Robert J. Kleberg]], an early settler (see below).

In 1997, the county commissioners designated "HeavenO" as the county's official greeting because of a [[taboo]] stemming from "Hello"'s perceived connotations of [[Hell]].<ref>Kelley Shannon, "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-19-me-20119-story.html Say Goodbye to ‘Hello’ and Hello to ‘Heaven-o’]", ''The Los Angeles Times'', January 19, 1997.</ref><ref>"[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-01-21-9701210272-story.html Heaven-o]", ''The Chicago Tribune'', January 21, 1997.</ref>

===Robert Justus Kleberg===
Robert Justus Kleberg Sr. (1803–1888), a Prussian settler, was born on September 10, 1803, in Herstelle, Westphalia.  His father was a merchant.

Kleberg was educated in the classics and attended the University of Göttingen, where he received a J.D. degree. After graduating he was appointed a justice of assizes. He married Rosalie von Roeder near Paderborn, Prussia, in 1834.  They emigrated to Texas that year and settled in Cat Spring in 1836.

In the [[Republic of Texas]], Kleberg was associate commissioner and president of the Board of Land Commissioners (1837–38), justice of the peace (1841), and chief justice of Austin County (1846). In 1847 the Kleberg's moved to Meyersville, where Kleberg was elected county commissioner in 1848 and chief justice in 1853.

Kleberg fought in the [[battle of San Jacinto]] in Capt. [[Moseley Baker]]'s company and subsequently served as one of the Texas guards for Gen. Santa Anna. After the revolution, he volunteered for six months' duty in the Texas army in a campaign against the Indians on Escondido Creek.

Kleberg supported the cause of the Confederacy. When the Civil War broke out he raised a company of militia but because of his advanced age was not received into active service. Robert and Rosa raised their own seven children in addition to several young Roeder relatives. Their youngest son, Robert Justus Kleberg Jr. married Alice Gertrudis King.

Kleberg died on October 23, 1888, near Cuero and was buried there. His grave is marked by a monument in the form of a soldier's tent with the words "Remember the Alamo" carved at the base. Kleberg County was named in his honor in 1913; a marker at his home site near Cuero was erected in 1936.