Wharton’s oldest cemetery — also known as City Cemetery — is getting a facelift with plot owners choosing to upgrade to artificial turf, a new trend in some cemeteries. There are over 140 military veterans buried there, plus many descendants of the pioneer families who settled Wharton. The oldest know burial site dates back to 1843. The high cost to maintain the cemetery has motivated the Wharton Cemetery Association to investigate alternatives to keep the historic cemetery up to standards. A new Adopt a Grave program is also being established.