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  2. Category:People from Wharton, Texas - Wikipedia

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  3. William Thomas Waggoner - Wikipedia

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    Albert Buckman Wharton III (great-grandson) William Thomas Waggoner (August 31, 1852 – December 11, 1934) was an American rancher, oilman, banker, horsebreeder and philanthropist from Texas . He was the owner of the Waggoner Ranch , where he found oil in 1903.

  4. Wharton, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Wharton is a city in and the county seat of Wharton County, Texas, United States. [4] 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.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton ...

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    Location of Wharton County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wharton County, Texas. There are three districts and 29 individual properties listed on the ...

  6. Peach Creek, Wharton County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Peach Creek is a ghost town in Wharton County in the U.S. state of Texas. The former settlement was located along Peach Creek in the land grants belonging to Old Three Hundred settlers William Kincheloe and Alexander Jackson, Sr. During the Republic of Texas a post office was located at Peach Creek. Though it was hoped the community might ...

  7. Mac Sweeney - Wikipedia

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    David McCann "Mac" Sweeney (September 15, 1955 – July 21, 2024) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1985 to 1989.

  8. Albert Buckman Wharton Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Albert Buckman Wharton Jr. was born on August 8, 1909, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His mother, Electra Waggoner , was a socialite and heiress to the Waggoner Ranch . [ 1 ] His father, Albert Buckman Wharton , was a horsebreeder and a member of the Wharton family from Philadelphia . [ 1 ]

  9. Elm Grove, Wharton County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Elm Grove is located approximately 16 miles (25.7 km) northwest of Wharton. A 1936 county roadmap noted that there were several homes in the area. By the 1980s there were still two commercial establishments, a few houses, a cemetery, and a church. [2]