List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies

County Seat	County	Named for
Waco	McLennan	The Waco (Spanish: Hueco) band of the Wichita Indians, who established a village near the modern city
Waxahachie	Ellis	Nearby Waxahachie Creek, supposedly an Indian name meaning "Buffalo Creek"
Weatherford	Parker	Jefferson Weatherford, a Texas State Senator for Parker County
Wellington	Collingsworth	The Duke of Wellington (The nearby Rocking Chair Ranch was partially owned by a relative of the Earl of Aberdeen, who had been with the duke at the Battle of Waterloo)
Wharton	Wharton	John Wharton and his brother William Wharton, two leaders of the Texas Revolution
Wheeler	Wheeler	Royal Tyler Wheeler, a chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Wichita Falls	Wichita	A series of falls formerly located on the Wichita River, before being destroyed by a flood in 1886
Woodville	Tyler	George T. Wood, the governor of Texas who introduced the bill to establish the county (Coincidentally, the city is located in heavily-forested East Texas where the timber industry is a major employer.)