| Wharton County was established
after Texas statehood and the Mexican War in 1846 from parts
of Matagorda, Jackson, and Colorado counties, taking their
best and most fertile land. The act that formed the county
provided for its immediate organization and a county seat to
be named Wharton and located on the northeast bank of the
Colorado River in the east central portion of the county
within one of the leagues granted to William Kincheloe. |
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Because of sugar cane production, Wharton, Fort Bend,
Brazoria, and Matagorda counties came to be known as the
"Texas sugar bowl." Completion of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos
and Colorado Railway extension across the northwest corner of
the county by 1860 improved commodity prices, though roads to
the railroad line remained poor. Some consumer goods were
brought by riverboat up the Colorado River from Matagorda, but
most came overland from Richmond or Matagorda. |
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| Residents of Wharton County cast
only two votes against secession, and many soon joined the
Confederate war effort as part of Terry's Texas Rangers, the
Home Guards, or the Wharton Rifles. Three Home Guard posts
were established in 1861 at Egypt, Wharton, and Waterville, as
part of the Twenty-second Brigade, which included Fayette,
Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda counties. The camp in Wharton
was named Camp Buchel in honor of Col. Augustus Buchel, C.S.A.,
and was in the First Military District, Sub-district Three. |
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Boling-Iago |
Louise |
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East Bernard |
Wharton |
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El Campo |
Newgulf |
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Hungerford |
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