Wharton, TX Road Trips
Plan drives from Wharton, TX with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
4
Longest Drive
328.4 mi
McKinney, TX
Quickest Drive
4h 56m
Laredo, TX
Plan Around Wharton, TX
Popular Incoming Routes
Useful if Wharton, TX is the arrival point and you want the strongest routes into the city first.
Continue From Wharton, TX
Good next legs if this city is only one stop in a longer road trip.
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Wharton, TX by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
8,671
Median Income
$47,692
Median Home Value
$149,300
Median Age
35.4
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Wharton, TX at a Glance
Founded
1846
Elevation
102 ft
Area
8 mi²
Notable People from Wharton, TX
A sampling of people born in Wharton, TX.
Dan Rather
1931
American broadcast journalist (born 1931)
Horton Foote
1916–2009
American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)
George Farmer Burgess
1861–1919
American politician (1861-1919)
Mac Sweeney
1955–2024
American politician
Chandi Jones
1982
American basketball player
Memo Rodríguez
1995
American soccer player
Jim Kearney
1943–2024
American football player (1943–2024)
Bert Adams
1891–1940
American baseball player
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Wharton, TX.
Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District
historic district in Wharton, Wharton County, Texas
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