<P> There are multiple claims to the world's biggest ball of twine record in the United States . As of 2014, the ball of twine with the largest circumference is located in Cawker City, Kansas . </P> <P> In Cawker City, Kansas, Frank Stoeber created a ball that had 1.6 million feet (490,000 m) of twine and 11 - foot - diameter (3.4 m) when he died in 1974 . Cawker City built an open - air gazebo over Stoeber's ball where every August a "Twine - a-thon" is held and more twine is added to the ball . By 2006, the twine ball had reached 17,886 pounds (8,111 kg, 8.9 US tons), a circumference of 40 feet (12 m), and a length of 7,801,766 feet (2,377,978 m). In 2013, its weight was estimated at 19,973 pounds . In August 2014, the ball measures 41.42 feet (12.62 m) in circumference, 8.06 feet (2.46 m) in diameter and 10.83 feet (3.30 m) in height, and it still growing . </P>

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