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Wharton County, Texas. / 29.28°N 96.22°W / 29.28; -96.22. Memorial to Sheriff Hamilton B. Dickson of Wharton County who served during the 1880s and was killed in an ambush in the line of duty. Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
Find information about elections, property tax, pipelines, and weather in Wharton County, Texas. The county is closed on Memorial Day and has a burn ban lifted as of September 17, 2023.
Dec 5, 2022 · The largest plantation and sugar mill in Texas were located in Wharton County prior to the Civil War, and the 1858 census reported 13,665 cattle there. Because of sugar cane production, Wharton, Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Matagorda counties came to be known as the "Texas sugar bowl."
Wharton is a city in and the county seat of Wharton County, Texas, United States. This city is 60 mi (97 km) southwest of Houston. Its population was 8,832 at the 2010 census and 8,627 at the 2020 census. Wharton is located on the Colorado River of Texas. U.S. Highway 59 passes west of it.
Learn about Wharton County, a coastal county in southeast Texas named for brothers William H. and John A. Wharton. Find out its location, climate, natural resources, population, and places of interest.
In 2022, Wharton County, TX had a population of 41.6k people with a median age of 37.7 and a median household income of $59,712. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Wharton County, TX grew from 41,602 to 41,614, a 0.0288% increase and its median household income grew from $53,963 to $59,712, a 10.7% increase.
Wharton, the county seat of Wharton County, is on the east bank of the lower Colorado River, forty-five miles from the Gulf of Mexico. It was part of the Caney Run mail route established by the Republic of Texas in 1838.
