A quarter mile of paved road frontage. A natural spring. Hardwood canopy you won't replant in a lifetime. King Farm sits two miles east of Bullard on FM 344, offering 31.738 acres of Smith County land; a tract built for the buyer ready to run cattle or horses on ground with real bones, or for the sportsman who wants a weekend place close enough to Tyler to use every Friday night.
This farm and ranch tract spans 31.738 acres with approximately one-quarter mile of frontage along FM 344 E, giving the property both accessibility and multiple potential home site positions. The landscape moves from flat open pasture into gently rolling terrain that climbs to a distinct hilltop, a natural building pad with long views across the surrounding countryside. Massive scattered hardwoods stand throughout the tract, the kind of canopy that took a century to grow and can never be rushed back. Improved grasses cover the open ground, and sandy loam soil underfoot keeps drainage honest and root systems happy. A working barbed-wire fence is in place, and a pond adds a second surface-water feature to complement the spring.
The property currently carries an agricultural exemption, which keeps annual taxes manageable and provides a meaningful advantage for buyers planning to continue a cattle or hay operation. Families considering a home site will appreciate that this address falls within the Bullard Independent School District, a TEA-rated district consistently recognized among the stronger rural systems in East Texas, with Bullard High School ranked in the top tier of Texas high schools.
A natural spring feeds the north corner of the tract, creating a year-round water source that doesn't rely on pumps, wells, or rainfall alone. In East Texas ranching, spring water is the feature buyers recognize immediately and sellers rarely offer. Combined with the existing pond, the tract carries two separate water sources before a single well is drilled, which is a significant advantage for cattle operations, horse turnout, or wildlife management. The spring sits in the hardwood bottom, where the shade and steady moisture hold whitetails through summer and pull them in consistently in fall.
A large municipal waterline runs along FM 344 at the county road boundary, and electrical service is available at the road as well. That combination of public water, grid power, and paved frontage removes the three largest infrastructure headaches that typically price rural acreage buyers out of a project.
The open portions of the property are already in improved grasses over sandy loam soil, ready to support a small cow-calf operation, stocker program, or horse turnout the day a buyer closes. The rolling topography provides natural drainage, and the existing barbed-wire fence gives a working structure to build from. Hardwood shade is scattered throughout the open ground, giving livestock natural relief during East Texas summers, a feature worth real money when you're trying to keep body condition on cattle in August. The agricultural exemption reflects the tract's active ag use and transfers significant value to the next owner who continues the operation.
White-tailed deer filter through the hardwood bottom, moving between the spring, the pond, and the adjoining country. For a recreational buyer, 31.738 acres is a manageable size to hunt, manage, and improve. The hardwood canopy provides mast production and bedding cover; the open pasture gives you shooting lanes and food plot opportunities; the spring and pond pull deer. It's a property where a weekend owner can genuinely pattern movement and see results from a modest management effort.
King Farm sits on the FM 344 corridor in southern Smith County, an area shaped by the same agricultural heritage, cotton, fruit, cattle, and timber that built Bullard in the 1880s along the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad. The town still anchors the corridor with the Bullard History Museum downtown, the American Freedom Museum at Brook Hill School, and the historic Dewberry Plantation nearby. Just down the road from the property sits Kiepersol, a 63-acre estate vineyard, distillery, and TripAdvisor's top-rated restaurant in Tyler, putting one of East Texas's most recognized destinations less than a short drive from the front gate. Tyler itself, 15 miles north, offers full-service shopping, medical care including UT Health East Texas, Tyler State Park, Caldwell Zoo, and the annual Texas Rose Festival.
The property's position along FM 344 gives owners fast access to Bullard's small-town services, Tyler's regional amenities, and the Dallas metroplex for weekend travel or business.
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport provides daily American Airlines service to DFW, while DFW International gives owners worldwide connections within a reasonable drive. Regional general aviation options are available locally for private flyers.
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King Farm is built for the buyer who wants working ground with genuine character. Cattle and horse operators will value the improved grasses, sandy loam, natural spring, existing pond, perimeter fence, and active agricultural exemption. Recreational buyers will recognize the hardwood canopy, hilltop elevation, and consistent whitetail activity as a weekend retreat that doesn't require a long drive—Tyler is 25 minutes, Dallas is two hours, and DFW connects you anywhere. Families drawn to the Bullard ISD footprint will find in the hilltop a home site with municipal water and power at the road, mature shade from trees you can't buy, and room for kids, horses, and a small herd.
Tracts with this combination of FM 344 road frontage, a natural spring, established hardwood canopy, and municipal utilities at the road rarely come to market in southern Smith County. Contact us to walk the property and see the hilltop for yourself.
Address: 5973 FM 344 E, Tyler, TX 75703 GPS: 32.16009457526822, -95.27419893121338 Acres: 31.738 County: Smith County, Texas Road Frontage: Approximately ¼ mile on FM 344 E Utilities: Municipal waterline and electric at county road Water Features: Natural spring (north corner), pond Fencing: Barbwire Soil: Sandy loam Topography: Flat to gently rolling with distinct hilltop Vegetation: Massive scattered hardwoods, improved grasses Ag Exemption: Yes School District: Bullard ISD Wildlife: White-tailed deer
