Wharton County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 77
Have - 50 Need- 27
Wharton County was named for brothers William Harris and John A. Wharton. The county seat is Wharton.
We have been in and out of this county several times recently, as we have travelled between home in Portland and Houston, however when we do this, as opposed to visiting and staying for a couple of days I don't feel I get as good a sense of the county. This county for me will be forever linked withgoing to care for my mother-in-law and quick stops on the way home to grab a marker here and there. . The place we have visitied the most is Prasek's Smokehouse which has excellent meats and many other delicious reasons to make the stop.
Wharton County has been busy catching up from the pandemic and is actively making up for lost time, not all their markers are up yet but they are dedicating as quickly as possible. I don't want to address missing markers at this time because I feel there is so much more to do, in regards to looking for markers before we consider them missing. There are a few on private property that may prove harder to capture and some we need to visit the musuem for. The musuem itself is listed on the atlas as having a marker and we have seen this before and I believe the musuem itself does not have a marker but we will certainly look when we visit it.
We have been in and out of this county several times recently, as we have travelled between home in Portland and Houston, however when we do this, as opposed to visiting and staying for a couple of days I don't feel I get as good a sense of the county. This county for me will be forever linked withgoing to care for my mother-in-law and quick stops on the way home to grab a marker here and there. . The place we have visitied the most is Prasek's Smokehouse which has excellent meats and many other delicious reasons to make the stop.
Wharton County has been busy catching up from the pandemic and is actively making up for lost time, not all their markers are up yet but they are dedicating as quickly as possible. I don't want to address missing markers at this time because I feel there is so much more to do, in regards to looking for markers before we consider them missing. There are a few on private property that may prove harder to capture and some we need to visit the musuem for. The musuem itself is listed on the atlas as having a marker and we have seen this before and I believe the musuem itself does not have a marker but we will certainly look when we visit it.
Albert Clinton Horton
Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Boiling
Boling United Methodist Church
Burr Albert Harrison Plantation House
Camp Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Captain W. E. Heard Home
Chesterville Cemetery
City of Wharton
Community of Egypt
Danevang
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus)
Egypt
Egypt Plantation
Egypt Plantation Cemetery
El Campo
El Campo First Baptist Church
El Campo Independent School District
El Campo Library Building
First Baptist Church of Wharton
First Christian Church of El Campo
First National Bank of El Campo
First United Methodist Church of Wharton
First Presbyterian Church of El Campo
Frazarville
G. C. and Clara Mick Home
Glen Flora
Glen Flora Planatation
Holy Cross Catholic Parish
Hudgins Family Cemetery
Irrigation and the Development of Agriculture in Lane City
Jacob E. Freeman
J. D. Hudgins Ranch
Jefferson Davis Highway No.12
John and Sophie Garrett House
Joseph A. Hamilton House
Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman
Josiah Dawson Hudgins
Judge Edwin Hawes House
Judge George E. Quinan
K. J. T. St. Wenceslaus Society No. 40
Lissie United Methodist Church
Louise Methodist Church
Louise State Bank
Mack Webb Hardware Store
Marion Wesley (Baldy) Crowell
Nettie Elkins House
Newgulf Campo Santo
New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad and The Community of Hungerford
Old Bethlehem Baptist Church
Old Jerusalem Cemetery
Security Bank and Trust Company
Shanghai Pierce Ranch
Shanghai Pierce Ranch House
Shearith Israel Synagogue
Site of Capitol of Texas
Site of Pierce Hotel
Site of Plaza Hotel and Plaza Theater
Site of Post West Bernard Station
Site of Quinan Community
Site of The Home of Robert McAlpin Williamson
Site of World War II Prisioner of War Camp
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Parish
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-Newgulf
The Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson Home
Wharton Cemetery
Wharton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture
Wharton County
Wharton County Abstract Company
Wharton County Courthouse
Wharton County Historical Museum
Wharton County Library
Wharton Training School
William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation
Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Boiling
Boling United Methodist Church
Burr Albert Harrison Plantation House
Camp Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Captain W. E. Heard Home
Chesterville Cemetery
City of Wharton
Community of Egypt
Danevang
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus)
Egypt
Egypt Plantation
Egypt Plantation Cemetery
El Campo
El Campo First Baptist Church
El Campo Independent School District
El Campo Library Building
First Baptist Church of Wharton
First Christian Church of El Campo
First National Bank of El Campo
First United Methodist Church of Wharton
First Presbyterian Church of El Campo
Frazarville
G. C. and Clara Mick Home
Glen Flora
Glen Flora Planatation
Holy Cross Catholic Parish
Hudgins Family Cemetery
Irrigation and the Development of Agriculture in Lane City
Jacob E. Freeman
J. D. Hudgins Ranch
Jefferson Davis Highway No.12
John and Sophie Garrett House
Joseph A. Hamilton House
Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman
Josiah Dawson Hudgins
Judge Edwin Hawes House
Judge George E. Quinan
K. J. T. St. Wenceslaus Society No. 40
Lissie United Methodist Church
Louise Methodist Church
Louise State Bank
Mack Webb Hardware Store
Marion Wesley (Baldy) Crowell
Nettie Elkins House
Newgulf Campo Santo
New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad and The Community of Hungerford
Old Bethlehem Baptist Church
Old Jerusalem Cemetery
Security Bank and Trust Company
Shanghai Pierce Ranch
Shanghai Pierce Ranch House
Shearith Israel Synagogue
Site of Capitol of Texas
Site of Pierce Hotel
Site of Plaza Hotel and Plaza Theater
Site of Post West Bernard Station
Site of Quinan Community
Site of The Home of Robert McAlpin Williamson
Site of World War II Prisioner of War Camp
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Parish
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-Newgulf
The Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson Home
Wharton Cemetery
Wharton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture
Wharton County
Wharton County Abstract Company
Wharton County Courthouse
Wharton County Historical Museum
Wharton County Library
Wharton Training School
William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation