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History in
a Pecan ShellNamed
for Thomas William Ward, a Texas Revolution hero, Wardville was the first county
seat of Johnson County in 1855. A post office opened that year but it closed within
two years. Although it was chosen as county seat by the state legislature; it
was found to be slightly off-center. State law dictated (for ease in voting) that
county seats be as near the geographic center of a county as possible).
An election was held in 1856 and the winner was Buchanan,
Texas – a fledgling community five miles west.
Wardville citizens relocated
to Buchanan and after the post office closed,
propects for Wardville’s future were dashed.
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