Editing El Campo, Texas (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Roy Benavidez|Raul (Roy) Benavidez]], a Medal of Honor recipient, was raised in El Campo from the age of seven.
* [[Gene Cernan]], an astronaut (and the last person to have been on the Moon) lived in El Campo.
* [[Jeff Chance|Jeff Barosh]], Texas-based [[country music]] singer-songwriter and professionally known as Jeff Chance, was born and raised in El Campo. He died in El Campo in 2008 at the age of 53.
* [[Joey Hunt]], a former [[National Football League|NFL]] player for the [[Seattle Seahawks]], graduated from El Campo High School.
* [[Memo Rodríguez|Memo Rodriguez]], a [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] player for the [[Houston Dynamo]], was born in Wharton and raised in El Campo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstondynamo.com/players/memo-rodriguez|title=Memo Rodriguez|website=Houston Dynamo|access-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Charles Swindoll]], a Dallas-based radio minister,  was born in El Campo.
* [[Ken Weaver (musician)|Ken Weaver]], a musician, was raised in El Campo.