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Raul (Roy) Benavidez, Medal of Honor recipient; was raised in El Campo from the age of 7; Gene Cernan, Astronaut (and the last person to have been on the Moon); lived in El Campo; Jeff Barosh, Texas-based country music singer-songwriter; professionally known as Jeff Chance was born and raised in El Campo. He died in El Campo in 2008 at the age ...
Several family members and employees of Rosenberg-based Hartman Newspapers, L.P. publish a group of 11 small daily and semiweekly newspapers in Texas, including Rosenberg, Rockport, Port Lavaca, Katy and Alvin. In March 2024, the Wharton Journal-Spectator and the El Campo Leader-News were merged to form the Wharton County Leader-Journal. [2]
Plainview is a ghost town in southwestern Wharton County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 441 (FM 441) and Farm to Market Road 1163 (FM 1163), southwest of El Campo. The community had its own school from as early as 1916 until 1948.
New Taiton is located on SH 71, a distance of 8.9 miles (14.3 km) north-northwest of El Campo and 10.2 miles (16.4 km) south-southeast of Garwood. New Taiton is 17.0 miles (27.4 km) west of Wharton via FM 961 and Business U.S. Route 59. West Mustang Creek flows in a southerly direction, one or two miles to the west of the community.
map showing location of celebrity graves; California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Certificate of Authority – Cemetery, License Number 506 Archived February 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Funeral Establishment License Number 951 Archived June 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
The El Campo Independent School District is a public school district based in El Campo, Texas, United States. The district serves El Campo as well as rural areas in central and south central Wharton County. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [1]
Jan Tříska (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtr̝̊iːska]; 4 November 1936 – 25 September 2017) was a Czech actor who played over 160 roles across stage, film, and television.
Weslaco (/ ˈ w ɛ s l ə k oʊ / WESS-lə-koh) is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.As of the 2020 census the population was 41,103, Studies from 2023 show the population is 43,053 [4] and in 2020 the estimated population was 40,160. [5]