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- In 1889, the settlement took the Mexican name "The Camp" and named it "El Campo." Since much land was originally under government ownership, railroads were given large grants of land in exchange for building roads in this county.
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El Campo is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,350 at the 2020 Census, making it the largest city in Wharton County.
Its county seat is Wharton. [2] The county was named for brothers William Harris Wharton and John Austin Wharton. Wharton County comprises the El Campo, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Houston-The Woodlands, TX Combined Statistical Area.
El Campo, the largest town in Wharton County, was platted in 1892 along the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway, although settlement had begun here in the 1880s at what had been a switching stop and cattle shipment point for Wharton County ranches west of the Colorado River.
The town began life in the early 1880s as a switching point called Prairie Switch on the New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad. The lights of the tiny settlement could be seen for miles at night - giving it the nickname " Pearl of the Prairies." Mexican cowboys started calling it El Campo and the name stuck in 1890.
The town was originally called Mercer’s Crossing, but during a severe drought the area supplied corn to surrounding settlements, and people began to refer to it as Egypt. El Campo is on U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 71, thirteen miles southwest of Wharton in south central Wharton County. The Lower Colorado River Authority provides water ...
El Campo is on U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 71, thirteen miles southwest of Wharton in south central Wharton County. The Lower Colorado River Authority provides water, and several creeks flow near the city limits.
