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Wharton County Court Cases

Find Wharton County court case information. Lookup your case detail via the Wharton County case website. Wharton County Texas was established in 1846. The county was originally part of Colorado County, Jackson County and Matagorda County. Named after William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) and John Austin Wharton (1828-1865), brothers and officers in the Texas Revolution, Wharton County covers an area of 1,090 square miles and has a reported population of 41280. The county seat and court are located in the city of Wharton, Texas.

Crime & Case Details for Wharton County


For 2016, the following crime related statistics were reported in the county:

  • DWI & Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths: 16
  • Violent Crime Cases: 172
  • Murder / Homicide Rate (per 100k residents): 3.8


For the felony cases tried in the county last year (2016), here’s how the defendants were sentenced:

  • Prison: 40
  • Texas State Jail: 51
  • County Jail: 30
  • Probation Time: 36
  • Fines Only: 0

Wharton County Court Case Volume

As of August 2016, the county had the following active-pending caseload volume:

  • Civil Cases: 1782
  • Family Relations Cases: 1537
  • Juvenile Cases: 17
  • Criminal Cases: 737