Wadsworth, Texas
Unincorporated community · Not an incorporated municipality
About Wadsworth
Wadsworth is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wadsworth had a population of 302.
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How Wadsworth is governed
Wadsworth appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from the county. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Wadsworth does have local officials.
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Residents of Wadsworth
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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History
On October 11, 1902, Ambrose A. Plotner and John W. Stoddard purchased a tract of land known as the Kemp pasture. They formed the Colonial Land Company, which founded Wadsworth – named for William Wadsworth, an early settler in the area. The community became a stop on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad and a post office was established in 1907. The population was estimated at 150 in 1914. That figure had risen to nearly 925 in 1925. By the 1930s, Wadsworth had its own school district.
The community went into decline and by 1940, the population had fallen to 400. Wadsworth's school was consolidated with Bay City in 1949. In 1990, approximately 152 people lived in Wadsworth. By 2000, that number had risen slightly to 160.
Wadsworth has a post office with the ZIP code 77483. There are also three convenience stores in the community.
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