Editing Wharton, Ohio (section)

==History==
Wharton was originally called Whartonsburg, and under the latter name was laid out in 1848.<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Wyandot County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwyandot00legg|year=1884|publisher=Leggett, Conaway & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwyandot00legg/page/938 938]}}</ref> The village was named in honor of an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marvin Jr.|first=Ronald I.|title=A Brief History of Wyandot County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJhoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA56|date=August 24, 2015|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-1-62585-535-0|page=56}}</ref> A post office was established as Whartonsburgh in 1852, and the name was changed to Wharton in 1879.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Wyandot | title=Wyandot County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 7, 2015}}</ref>