The first Post Office was established as Peach Creek, Texas, Matagorda County on May 22,1846.
Name was changed to Wharton,Wharton County on July 1, 1847
POSTMASTERS
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DATES OF APPOINTMENTS
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Thacher,Thomas
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05/22/1846
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Eagan,Gabriel
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07/01/1847
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Betts, Charles S
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04/14/1853
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Minnis, John R
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12/12/1865
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Schultz, Henry E
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10/04/1867
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McLain, Adelbert D
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03/21/1867
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Massey, William F
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01/26/1871
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Lacy, LaFayette
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11/13/1872
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Christie, James
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10/10/1873
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Ahldag, Fritz
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12/16/1873
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Petty, Phillemon H
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02/15/1875
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Watts, Amanda M
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08/17/1881
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Bodenhamer, Christen S
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12/20/1900
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Hughes, Covey M
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01/27/1904
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Abell, Thomas J
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02/02/1914
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Thomasson, Gussie E
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10/17/1918
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Garrett, Oswald
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07/28/1919
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Burger, Joe Sr
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02/11/1924
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Rockwood, R O
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05/09/1936
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Case, Ruth
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05/01/1959
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Schultz, Delno F
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06/09/1961
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The Wharton Post Office has been located at:
Where Riverside Hotel is now located
Where the New Wharton Bank & Trust is now located
In the Hughes building now owned by Eldon Frazier
In one of the Burger buildings on 100 S. Fulton
Also in a building on the corner of E. Burleson & S. Fulton owned by Fritz Ahldag
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