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Wharton County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- William H. Wharton and John Austin Wharton
- Seat
- Wharton
- Largest city
- El Campo
- Total
- 1,094 sq mi (2,830 km )
- Land
- 1,086 sq mi (2,810 km )
- Water
- 8.2 sq mi (21 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,060
- Density
- 38.28/sq mi (14.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 22nd
- Website
- www .co .wharton .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Wharton
- Capital
- Wharton
- Population
- 41570
- Area
- 2835
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Colorado County
- Official website
- www.co.wharton.tx.us
- Image
- Wharton county courthouse 2013.jpg
- Households
- 15248
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wharton County, Texas
- Commons category
- Wharton County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-04-03
- topic's main category
- Category:Wharton County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Wharton County
- per capita income
- 26724
- IPA transcription
- ˈhwɔːrtən
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Veterans Memorial with eternal flame (not visible in photo) at Wharton County Courthouse
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wharton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.