The Missourian Who Owns More Land Than Yellowstone National Park

I don't know about you, but I've never been that good at understanding large measurements. If you want me to be able to grasp the size of something, I need something known to compare it to. That's why my jaw hit the ground when I learned that the Missourian who owns the most land has more of it than Yellowstone National Park.

My family used to live in Wyoming for a few years and we road-tripped to Yellowstone National Park a couple of times. This place is enormous and beautiful.

I got curious about who in Missouri owns the most land and came across an interesting deep dive from John Brown's Missouri Legends. He said that Stan Kroenke owns 2.7 million acres of land which makes him not just the largest private landowner in Missouri, but all of America. My understanding is that while Stan owns a lot of Missouri land, it's his ranchland in other states that counts for a majority of his land ownership.

How many acres is Yellowstone National Park?

Yellowstone National Park occupies 2,221,766 acres according to Yellowstone Safari Company which means Stan owns more than 400,000 acres than America's most famous park.

When I hear about Missourians who are that wealthy, I have to wonder if they really still live within the state. According to a story shared by Fox 2 in St. Louis, Stan's primary residence really is still in Columbia, Missouri.

Why many in Missouri are not fans of Stan

If you mention Stan Kroenke's name to a sports fan in Missouri, you're likely to get an earful about how he removed the Rams from St. Louis in 2016. I believe that eventually led to a lawsuit that was settled in 2021 where Stan had to pay St. Louis interests a cool $790 million dollars.

While I hated what Stan did by moving the Rams from St. Louis as I was and am a major Kurt Warner fan, I get that business is business. When it comes to land in America, no one can match Missourian Stan Kroenke.