Wharton County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 89
Have - 62 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 our home in Portland and Houston, however when we do this, as opposed to visiting and staying for a couple of days, I don't get as good a sense of the county. This county for me, will be forever linked with going 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 museum for. The museum itself is listed on the atlas as having a marker and we have seen this before and I believe the museum 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 our home in Portland and Houston, however when we do this, as opposed to visiting and staying for a couple of days, I don't get as good a sense of the county. This county for me, will be forever linked with going 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 museum for. The museum itself is listed on the atlas as having a marker and we have seen this before and I believe the museum does not have a marker but we will certainly look when we visit it.
April 15th, 2022 - We played catch up and visited the Wharton County museum which helped a lot including one we weren't even looking for. Wharton County is still putting up new markers so there will be and few more visits in the future. I believe Burr Albert Harrison Plantation is no longer in existence so I will try and find a picture of this. The Texas Historical Commission lists a marker for the Community of Egypt and I believe this marker was replaced by the Egypt marker. There are a couple of private cemeteries that I would love to visit. The most surprising thing that happened on this visit was the discovery of the First East Bernard School marker in the Wharton County museum because we weren't looking for this one at all.
Albert Clinton Horton
Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Boling
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
Culp Krueger
Danevang
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus)
Drastata Farm
Early Wharton County Jails
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 East Bernard School
First National Bank of El Campo
First Missionary Baptist Church
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
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
KULP RADIO
Lissie United Methodist Church
Louis Community Cemetery
Louise Methodist Church
Louise State Bank
LULAC Councils in Wharton County
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
Railroad in Louise
Roberts Family 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 Prisoner of War Camp
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
St. John Cemetery
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 Hispanic Cemetery
Wharton Training School
William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation
Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Boling
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
Culp Krueger
Danevang
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus)
Drastata Farm
Early Wharton County Jails
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 East Bernard School
First National Bank of El Campo
First Missionary Baptist Church
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
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
KULP RADIO
Lissie United Methodist Church
Louis Community Cemetery
Louise Methodist Church
Louise State Bank
LULAC Councils in Wharton County
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
Railroad in Louise
Roberts Family 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 Prisoner of War Camp
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
St. John Cemetery
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 Hispanic Cemetery
Wharton Training School
William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation