Wharton County, Texas

Historical Markers in El Campo, Texas

El Campo has 11 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Wharton County. The marker list includes records dating to 1962. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.

What you will find in El Campo

Courthouse and civic history
Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
Railroad, trail, and transportation history
Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses
Oil, industry, and railroad-era commerce

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Culp Krueger · 1962

Site of Capitol of Texas September 8, 1962. Operation Home Town Program for Progress Small Towns of Texas. Culp Kreuger, Governor

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El Campo · 1990

Begun as a camp on the New York, Texas, and Mexican Railroad in 1882, El Campo initially was known as Prairie Switch and served as a supply and shipping center for area ranchers. By the 1890s the town had grown to…

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El Campo Library Building · 1990

The El Campo Library Association began the city's first library in 1902. A public library opened at the downtown fire station in 1927. After a branch of the Wharton County Library was established in El Campo in 1939,…

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First National Bank of El Campo · 1991

The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. Customers left their money in the Koch and Poole safe for protection,…

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El Campo Independent School District · 1994

El Campo's first permanent school building was a simple wooden structure built near this site about 1891. El Campo Independent School District was organized in 1895. Early schools were financed through local taxes,…

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First Christian Church of El Campo · 2003

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St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Parish · 2005

The city of El Campo began in 181 as a rail stop on the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad connecting Houston and Victoria. The region's fertile soils encouraged farming, and numerous families of diverse backgrounds…

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