Wortham is a town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.

Fairfield, the Freestone County seat, is 18 miles (29 km) to the southeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km2), all land.

[4] Wortham lies near the highest point between Dallas and Houston, the nearby Tehuacana Hills.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 980 people, 429 households, and 252 families residing in the town.