What's in a name?

So what's with the name Monterey Square, anyway?

Well, that's what the courthouse square is officially called. The name comes from the original deed, reflecting the original land grant from a fellow named William Kincheloe. 

So, we use the name, Monterey Square, as it is unique to Wharton. Signs on all four corners the square state such. 

And that's why the Wine & Arts Fair is the Monterey Square Wine & Arts Fair, too.

There is a historical marker on Burleson Street that tells the story briefly of Monterey Square:

...Land for a courthouse, named Monterey Square, was given from the land grant of William Kincheloe, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists who settled in this area in 1822. ..

The deed is dated Feb. 12, 1855, and describes it as:

A lot or parcel of land situated in the town of Wharton, in the said County of Wharton and laid down in a plot of said town and known as Monterey Square Number Eight ... bounded by Burleson Street, Fulton Street, Milam Street and Houston Street. ...

Any county seat around here might have a "courthouse square," or a "downtown," or a "central business district." But only we have a Monterey Square. We got it. We use it.

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